rewarding occupation of the palestinian president rails against donald trump's middle east peace plan at the u.n. security council saying it ripped palestine apart in favor of israel. this is the state that they will give us which is like swiss cheese which of you will accept such a state. sitting on a powder keg greased takes on the ngos over claims that are fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees we meet locals from one island on the frontline of the migrant crisis. we all know what's. behind this bad situation village we know they do this for money. hysteria

over the coronavirus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism globally. you're watching welcome to the program at r.t. h.q. in moscow with your world news this hour 1st to new york where the palestinian president has formally rejected donald trump's middle east peace plan resolving the israel palestine conflict it was described at the u.n. security council as a reward for occupation and mahmoud abbas became metaphorical about where it leaves his state sovereignty. this is the state that they will give us which is like swiss cheese which of you will accept such a state. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas spoke before the 15 member body that leads the united nations and made his case about why palestine is rejecting the

proposal put forward by the white house and israel take a listen i have come to you to call for a just peace on behalf of the palestinians that is all i have come to you today to reaffirm the palestinian position which rejects the israeli american proposal this is supported by the results of meetings of the arab league the organization of islamic cooperation and the african union have all concluded that this plan must be completely rejected that's in addition to statements by the e.u. russia china japan and others now abbas did mention he was open to negotiations with israel as long as the negotiations were sponsored by what is referred to as the international quartet the united states the un russia and the european union now the israeli representative got up and spoke and indicated that israel feels that in the past negotiations with palestinians have been unsuccessful here's what we heard from the israeli representative president abbas few the to be plugged. to

negotiate even into this did in finding their values to clue to the conflict with the president. let's not beat around the bush progress toward peace would not be made of longer than the. reality only when he steps down in either early in the move fooled already on the very day when this un security council meeting was taking place there were clashes taking place on the west bank between palestinians and israeli security forces near the palestinian city of ramallah there was conflict at this point they were jewish settlements there was tear gas dispersed against palestinian protesters rocks were thrown quite heated and intense exchange a lot of injuries took place it seems that this proposed peace plan is not leading

to peace and stability and it's not just palestinians who are unhappy with the so-called deal of the century it's proving divisive in brussels as well he used foreign policy chief has voiced his skepticism over trump's plan and its ability to end the long lasting conflict in the middle east while stating that the majority of members don't consider the plan to be a good starting point for their proposals table 2 weeks ago clearly challenges need to the nation all look great but i'm at this and it is difficult to see how this initiative can bring both parties back to the table the u.s. plan seeks to keep jerusalem as israel's undivided capital and promise to double palestine territory as well as provide $50000000000.00 investment to the palestinian state we heard from a senior political advisor to president abbas who is unconvinced and says they're being offered next to nothing. this is not a deal this is an attempt to liquidate the palestinian problem give it

a big part of our land in the west bank to israel for peace. israel responsible for our security whatever. and share with us. and take over all of the east jerusalem and stop giving any rights to the refugees there is nothing to offer that the really focused our best to accept in the security council he was very clear. i want peace based on a 2 state solution i want to negotiate directly with israel not through america i want the court that which includes russia and the rubin union and the united nations and the united states but i will not submit to be knighted states and make it the sole oh not of this peace process because it is totally biased with israelis. to greece now where the migrant crisis has become

a battleground between the authorities and n.g.o.s operating there so when i say sions are being accused of inciting hatred and violence between locals and refugees . there is a galaxy a dodgy n.g.o.s operating alongside a network of doctors lawyers and other people making a mint out of the human misery of these people they are leeches and these practices must end all of this contributes to illegal migration. the island of boss has been a constant state of process since camps were established to handle the migrant influx large rallies of often turned violent just last week police were called into action to disperse crowds we are slow call residents who agree with the government's stance that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. up to this we all know what about their behind this bad situation our village we can understand the

migrants but we cannot leave just watching them killing our animals setting fire to the fields and you do it destroying all the trees that we had here for years and years now we have the your you but yes the ngos are behind this bad situation we know they do this for money of course they are not all the same it what makeshift camp in question is located on the island of les boss it was originally built to host a maximum of around 3000 migrants but the number of people currently kept there is 6 times higher than that and with little or no access to health care the u.n. is calling for urgent action stressing that the camp should be moving some of those residents out meanwhile the refugee crisis across greece which has been on the front line of this for years is deepening last year it was estimated that around $74000.00 migrants reached greek shores more than half of them remain in makeshift camps scattered across various locations doesn't see an end in sight either with the country expecting up to 100000 more asylum seekers in the coming year and the

governor of the region as well as the president of maria village where the camps located say some n.g.o.s still do diligent work to help ease the crisis. we have about 450 n.g.o.s active in and around the country many of them are very active on the islands where they may get some problem exists and some of them are doing a very good job with the help of the our government to help the people but also some of them are really very obscure and ceo's we don't know where they're coming from how they deal with the money where they receive money from how they spend the money so we have been asking the government to act strict 3 and to right to control all the sec to do so of this and this government has passed a new law in the parliament a few days ago according to its there will be a strict control of the indios it but of course my personal opinion is that everybody knows we have n.g.o.s that help with the situation and others that help the migrants to protest there are also religious in geos who are helping by giving

food to poor and vulnerable people i don't have evidence to prove that they are behind any negative actions but i am sure that there is more here than meets the eye. wattis asked several of the ngos in question to comment on the situation when we hear anything back we will let you know what their responses are. next thousands of iranians have turned out for an anti us rally in the capital tehran which comes as the country marked the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution day as tensions spiral of the united states here's a look back at how the republicans molded by events in the late 1970 s. .

u.s. around relations hit a new low in early january. after the top iranian commander of the mahdi was killed in an american air strike in baghdad less than a week after that iran retaliated with missile attacks against u.s. bases in iraq dressing iranians during the rally president rouhani struck a defiant tone. oh my god that. was actually in the past 2 years america has put so much pressure on our beloved people and all of our treat all of our exports all of our imports and all of the countries needs to exhaust the patience of our people the americans did not understand the greatness of the iranian people the united states believes it is facing 41 years of civilization no the americans are facing thousands of years of iranian civilization we discussed washington's possible goals with a number of experts and asked whether there's any hope for the escalation as the u.s. ramps up the pressure on terror. do you see

a chance here for iran to mend relations with the united states with europe or things through improvement terms of foreign policy or all things just going to get tough for us things go on if the united states continues down this path that they will get nowhere with iran if they think that they can overthrow this tomic propose that iran they're deeply misguided and i think the american people are ill informed about the reality because the media in the united states is controlled by their leaders and those are leads have their own interests as well as talking points directly from ayatollah khamenei but i see a bright future for you ryan i think you take it's hard for all of the deposed or isn't. i see they are a mystery with the united states is it because of the problems or maybe they don't really like that or as it is. i don't think so now who do i think it's people are flocking. to. the united states to america populating terribly already i don't

suppose nobody really wants to go and live in iran iran is a is a viable nation state it has a legitimate role to play in the region we can debate whether or not this is malign or otherwise but it is a legitimate role just like any nation has a legitimate role the problem isn't iran per se the problem is the united states the united states needs to learn how to deal with with iran i think it's a miscalculation in the united states to even imagine that iran is in any way or form unstable iran has been able to stand firm despite u.s. sanctions despite the fact that the united states is trying to strangle the iranian economy it's a tension that is to make ordinary people suffer i think president trouble stated very clearly in the policy is that iran will not develop. a nuclear program and he will do everything he can to stop the policy is not regime change but rather

a regime. for the current regime of kamini to change course and stop destabilizing its neighbors and offer you know a brighter future for the people of iran it was the united states that withdrew from the. iran nuclear agreement not iran what iran has been doing since the american withdrawal is exercising exercising its rights in accordance with the the agreement to back off of its commitments so long is one party or multiple parties are not in compliance. well health organizations in the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the career. virus outbreak after reports emerged citing a medical expert from hong kong warning that 2 thirds of the world's population could be at risk of contracting the disease. some concerning instances of only transmission from people we know travel history to china could be the spark that

becomes a bigger fire but for no it's only a spark object to remains containment the corona virus which has now been named covert 19 has a mortality rate of 2 percent now compare that to the sars epidemic back in 2003 that killed 10 percent of those who caught it and a more recent health emergency in africa the a bowl a virus was also much more deadly than the corona virus against the backdrop of panic an exaggerated reports people of asian descent increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse around the globe we asked people in london's chinatown if they'd noticed a change in attitude. terrible loss we feel. sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be treated or paid off because of. the people into captivity into the box and it's a big sweeping this is chinatown in the center of london it's going to be one of

the most popular destinations by locals and tourists alike but today as you can see it's very quiet and the reason for that well after talking to locals and people on the streets they say it's plain and simple xenophobia the elders chinese community creep in chinatown has been handling the backlash against the corona virus and the fear factor is clear. what about your personal experiences i think it was last thursday i was to train to work a normal guess what happened. beside me and i thought 1st was the. mother because we were standing. sit on the part of the day. because i'm trying these and people think oh i mean he be a potential carrier. what kind of reaction have you had from own members of your

community a lot of people just absurd to suppose for young children because i. didn't hear a lot of complaining from the parents to chew up. children just to understand that students here hear from their own parents when the call of school or when it's each other's student or young children these are so the you you because you might have a virus education for important laws of important people understand that. the. transport the global problem here so are the one thing the people with the thing that just because you're trying to or your piece of chinese your potential carries. the way that we've documented the things that go on in the eastern world has always it's always been told like that anyway it's always been around a think the moment that something like this happens like there's a virus it just allows people to see the things that they're actually have been fed for a very long time are probably out that they harbor they have these feelings anyway

and it just gives people a platform to say what they want because this fear and here i feel like it's just a very boring hard time right now for the chinese people i feel like using the disease. way to be easier for this is just terrible. if it was someone from the usa i don't think people would treat people americans coming over the same way as they are treating chinese people and chinese students etc i mean you can see that we reported here the 1st 2 cases chinese to. people come from singapore so you can see that. you could be and human being can be can be carriers we have seen this before and now the coronavirus has instigated the wave of racism despite there being only a small number of cases confirmed in the u.k.

and there's no doubt that the effect on the british chinese community has had huge implications. are. still to come in the program the outspoken president of the philippines has been riled by a visa scandal he's taking his anger out on a defense deal with the united states. as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invents what they deem to be important even radical what they don't tell you is how the political center is collapsing in today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo.

in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see the kids. and as a parent. i can come up with arguments there's a lot of conflict in the game between the 2 most of the conflict i would say a. close one on each other. each other is good because the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of prison complexes get some 20 a life where. you don't care. anything. relations between the u.s. and the philippines are being tested again to scrap a decades old security agreement that allowed american forces to train in the country washington's call it of fortunate but the philippines accuses the united

states of clandestine military activity and allegedly storing nuclear weapons the decision comes after one of president detectives top commanders was denied a u.s. visa and the so-called visiting forces agreement been in place since 1909 and it allows american troops to take part in joint training exercises in the philippines our senior correspondent takes a look at how a defense pact has descended into a war of words. a long story short the philippines had a major major drug problem the people decided the desperate times call for desperate measures they elected had an orthodox president under whom thousands of dealers and even addicts were killed the united states didn't like this one thing led to another and another then another i have seen some of those colorful statements in the past. and so clearly he's a colorful guy i am a precedent of a sub veterans' state. and we have long ceased to be

a. boardroom and. i think it seems to be. just. a habit. way of speaking for him instead of. state department. you can work with. mr obama you're going to want. the philippines used you to be an american colony the key here is used to be something that they believe a bomber didn't understand copy pleasant being lectured and talked down to by your former colonial masters president that that day told me in a recent interview i'm in. america it's not the philippines and if the libyans maybe. maybe feel still dove the.

american foreign policy. then along came trub similar leaders both unafraid to say what they think both hated obama both resisted beijing's south china sea claims but then that that they made friends with china america introduced separate sanctions against filipino officials do tell day tour military treaty will allow in the united states to train its troops it is country back to rock bottom eventually. been made there and made by. the minute. i asked him in january why what can china or russia give you that america can't and the president sounds was very simple nothing except that. you'll respect the sovereignty. because

a bet it doesn't want to look. because when we were under them began for 50 years and believed loved to fight but below. 4 we got very independence we went to war against them. saw. if you're going to if i had been a good. posture from the america. i going to get it from the rest and the. the chinese. government it's because of their respect this of in the. of the country which america is not the only openly lucky except only freely beenz but all the door they do not respect so vote in peace but he believe that the attorneys are the gifts lot over jewel it is just is absolutely necessary that the u.s.

be an affront to our sovereignty and it is a reminder to remain a new colony of the united states we hope that money alone will not backtrack on this termination and we hope that the u.s. government will not extrude any more pressure on the philippines on a congress this term emission cuts is truly too much intervention already for glass 2 decades on the united states and this is the 1st time that the police will try to stand on its own minus any are just really united states. u.s. tariffs are weighing heavy on one of france's most iconic products leaving wine makers pleading for help fresh reports suggest the market is suffering significant losses right now here's our front correspondent charlotta bensky. well just imagine that the u.s. is the 2nd largest importer of french wine so the idea of this 25 percent tax that was announced back in october and has been since slapped on those french wine

products is really hitting the market for example we had some figures from the french federation of wine and spirits exporters say that since that tax was introduced. those exports plummet by some 33 percent and they're suggesting that the last 2 they're all going ises their members could be something worth more than a $100000000.00 euros this year alone so they're very concerned they say that those tariffs have already hit somewhere in winemakers so hard that they've cut jobs in some of even had to go into bankruptcy as a result of this now that tax was imposed by the u.s. following a decision by the world trade organization last year that the e.u. had in the lead given subsidies to the plane maker airbus and then those taxes were slapped on a range of european products but it really seems to be that that french wine makers are the ones that are suffering we're demanding the creation of

a 300000000 euro from to compensate those who have suffered they want that money to cover the losses from their losses so far but also to cover any tax increases the wine exporters say this was a political decision to give those subsidies to airbus and they've been caught in the middle of something that has nothing to do with them and they're even more concerned that they could be even further tax hikes around the corner this is over the dispute between the u.s. and france over the so-called gas attacks this is a tax on digital giants last month president tried to ease the pain and said you know what we are talking with us and we are going to look for a solution to this. group discussion with trump and digital time we worked together on the good agreement to avoid tariff for school. well that is not easing concerns because there is a suggestion that the 25 percent tax could be raised all the way up 200 percent and

that many say would completely decimate the industry here now we are expecting an announcement in regards to that from the u.s. later this week city watch this space on that but many say even if that's avoided and there is an agreement the damage has already been done and that's because french products of already lost shelf space in the u.s. market that was a market that took me years to conquer and they say reconquest of that market may just not be possible. only sanders has claimed victory in the 2nd round of the democratic presidential candidate race in new hampshire however the vermont senator had a real battle on his hands from people to judge with support for sanders on the rise president trumps of knowledge that he could have it tough to win reelection in november frankly i would rather run against bloomberg than bernie sanders because senators are as real followers where they are like them and whether you agree with

them on that i happen to think it's terrible what he serves but he has followers bloomberg is buying his way meanwhile 2 more democratic hopefuls have dropped out colorado senator michael bennet and entrepreneur and gang leaving 9 in the race right now barack obama's vice president joe biden canceled his new hampshire event instead going on the campaign trail in south carolina biden and his nearest rival elizabeth warren have failed to win any delegates in the 1st primary work in new york city council kind of money a lot of told me that the average democrat supporter wants a major overhaul of the party. interesting i made the mainstream media even events the night when sanders is winning they're very quiet you know like nobody is like jumping up and down the jubilee that sandra swan and all the mainstream media america they're still talking about who to judge but you know a senator is that one not know who to judge so it's interesting you see there there is definitely a spin this is really a progressive candidate against

a centrist candidate and it's they're both sort of fighting for the soul of the democratic party and it's actually the fight that the party should have whether to be transformed you know so it is really the party of the working people and not corporations or issued state status quo very centrist and i think what you're seeing and with sanders winning new hampshire. i think you're seeing that americans the they want transformative change you can get story a little move for the auto yap and also check out all videos on you tube this is the international i'm calling bright next world update in just over half and see that.

this is the what is the show you can't afford to miss. and i'm going to bore in washington coming up the fed chairman is testifying before congress about continued strength of the u.s. economy as well as concerns about the market effect on a virus we're going to break it all down plus a federal judge has approved a merger between t. mobile and sprint what does it mean for the cell phone market in the united states and the end result is suing the department of defense and now they want to depose the president of the united states. to prove the bidding process of a tin $1000000000.00 contract was rigged details straight ahead in a live report so much to get to on this very busy day so let's get started and we begin as fed chairman drone pal gave the 1st of 2 year early updates to congress on tuesday where he was pretty upbeat about the outlook for the u.s. economy but he is concerned about the potential economic format for and the fallout from the coronavirus in china 1st the good news here the u.s.

economy he says is in its 11th consecutive year of expansion.