i. am headlines this rewarding occupation the palestinian president rails against donald trump's middle east peace plan at the u.n. security council saying it rips 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. also a turkish president says a stark warning to the syrian government threatening to drive bashar al assad's forces out of parts of war torn by the end of this month. sitting on a powder keg greece takes on n.g.o.s now over claims that they're fuelling hatred and violence between residents and those refugees still there we meet locals from

one island on the very front line of the migrant crisis. but like you we all know what. they're behind this bad situation our village we know they do this for money . and where there's trouble this is the more trouble is the styria over the corona virus outbreak peaks people of asian descent are fun of themselves on the receiving end of racism globally over it. just passed through the afternoon here in moscow hi there well welcome from me kevin 0 in this is r.t. international live rates q here in moscow so 1st off for the top story this hour the palestinian president has formally rejected donald trump's middle east peace plan aimed at trying to resolve the long running israel palestine conflict it was described the u.n. security council as a reward for occupation no less 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 they 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 plug. to negotiate even into this did in finding a balance to to the conflict. mr president. let's not beat around the bush. peace would not be made of longer than the. vision the. only when he steps down. in the move fooled already on the very day when this u.n. 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 a heated and into. exchange a lot of injuries took place it seems that this proposed peace plan is not leading to peace and stability plus it's not just palestinians who are unhappy with the so-called deal of a century is proving divisive in the e.u. too we can report the bloc 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 the same time too that the majority of the unions members don't consider the plan to be a good starting point. your proposals table 2 weeks ago. clearly challenges international law. and it is difficult to see how this initiative can bring both parties back to the table so let's remind ourselves

a bit more of the detail of it this u.s. plan would formalize its recognition of jerusalem as israel's undivided capital and claims to double palestine territory it also offers $50000000000.00 worth of investment in the new state 2 we heard from a senior political advisor to president abbas who is unconvinced about it all though and says that they are being offered end of the day 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 make 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 am i want peace based on a 2 state solution i want need to negotiate directly with israel not through

america i want the quartet which includes russia and the being union and the united nations and the united states but i will not submit to be knighted states and make it the sole owner of this peace process because it is totally biased with israelis thanks very long historical for gangs has not gone away to greece where the my can cross has become a battleground between authorities and n.g.o.s operating there as organizations been accused of inciting hatred and violence between locals and those refugees. there is a galaxy of 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 or soften the news over this has been the constant scene of

protests since camps are established to handle the migrant influx is on the forefront of the problem large rallies of often turn violent there just last week police were called into action again to disperse crowds we asked local residents who agree with the government's stance that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. but i can own up to it we all know what about there 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 it's 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. well one as i just mentioned makeshift camp in question is located on the island allez boss regionally built to host a maximum of 3000 migrants the number of people currently being kept there is 6 times higher with little or no access to health care and time dragging on the un

has called for action stressing the camp should be moving out some of those refugees meantime the bigger picture the refugee crisis across greece a country that's been on the front line for years is deepening the last year it was estimated that 74000 migrants had reached greek shores more than half of them remain in migrant 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 local officials in the region where the camp is located say some n.g.o.s do help ease the crisis however. we have about 450 indios active in and around the country many of them are very active on the islands where the immigration 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

their money so we have been asking the government to act strictly and to right to control all the sect of abuse of this and this government has passed the new law in the parliament a few days ago according to which there will be a strict control of the indios. 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. r.t. are several n.g.o.s to comment on the situation to us and when we get a response from that we will let you know another big story kicking off their thirty's president does threaten the media retaliation against syrian government forces if damascus doesn't scale back its offensive against rebel held province. the ones also suggested his military may attempt to dislodge the syrian army from

parts of the stricken region where turkey has got observation post at least on the sea goes down has been across it today turkey basically talking about what's really happening in another country is the buck stops here because in turkey look for that differently. fighting talk from the turkish leader it can be backed up with anything is it simply the fighting talk while they are already backing it up with action but it clearly clearly shows how comfortable at home and feels in another country because essentially he's message has been syrians should get out of syria don't take my word for it let's hear him out. we are determined to drive back syrian regime forces from our observation posts by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary both on the ground and in the without any hesitation and without any delay. so again while the turkish president clearly feels like he is the salton of some sorts and in response to the russian

spokesman for the russian of the russian president dmitry peskov he's already said that essentially turkey has failed to deliver on one of its key promises when it comes to the peace process bringing peace and stability back to italy because it is the province is home to some of the most hardline jihadists left in syria like the front formerly known as the al qaeda in syria and so on and so forth and turkey's job was to put a clear distinction as to where these are the line jihad is located and where other groups more moderate ones who are ready to engage in dialogue with the syrian government and bring peace to the region through dialogue and political process turkey's job was to clearly to put a clear division line between where one and where the other are standing and. coing the idea of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that turkey has failed to do so even by this point even by today ok so russia saying it's failed

and. why is turkey taking this stance now that well again there have been quite a few incidents involving the turkish troops and some of the turkish troops have been killed. in conflicts in in shellings and turkey has blamed the syrian arab army for that also didn't mean the bug didn't stop when it when it came to telling syrians to get out of syria you also had some strong words to say about russia. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and you. militants. are continuously attacking civilians committing massacre as. well so he's talking about russian syria hitting civilians but there have been quite a number of videos coming out of libya showing the less so peaceful peaceful wild militants just in general jihad as for instance in one of the videos which we can

show you hopefully we can show it to you right now there's essentially there's a syrian helicopter that was shot down by militants so clearly erdogan one did not mean those particular people and he talked about civilians but again russia is saying that those groups who are actively engaging in the fighting that they are using terror tactics that session essentially excuse me they're keeping syrian civilians who are there hostage have a listen. about it and the reason for the escalation the reason is the militants control totally or nearly totally by chop out all nusra and i at. which al nusra has turned into end users as a cover constantly bring this ceasefire the ceasefire 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. human shields it's a tactic that has internationally has been recognized as something that only terrorists would do and now this sort of rhetoric and this sort of escalation when it comes to turkey and syria one has already talked to the russian president vladimir putin and apparently as a result of that talk the turkish foreign minister has announced that he will be going to moscow in the imminent future to discuss all this mess and all this havoc that's going on in the northern syrian province of idlib right now is this likely to wind up be or escalate what's. a backing turkey have here well ask yourself one question what's another country that likes to meddle in other country's affairs and especially when it comes to military action and intervention when it comes to foreign intervention isn't that that's the united states also the relationship between turkey and washington has been quite rocky lately so i'm pretty sure in the white house they were very happy to hear that now russia and turkey also seem to be

having a falling out and they have some cracks in their relationship to mend and they are already sending their own voice there the world there and went to turkey to try and get behind the steering wheel of this whole conflict all right so this could crank up by the end of the month i guess because it will we can hear from we can in fact we can hear from the from my pov my own per. my condolences to the families of the soldiers killed in yesterday's attack in the ongoing assaults by the assad regime and russia must stop i've sent jim jefferies to ankara to coordinate steps to respond to this destabilizing attack we stand by our nato ally. so clearly the united states are trying to capitalize on this whole situation but we'll see whether or not he will be able to deliver on this promise of dividing putting this clear division distinct distinction between radical jihadists and those groups who

are ready to talk and we'll see if anything comes out of the talks in moscow maybe of the next couple of weeks as well that as saying could be the crunch time we'll keep following it thanks for bringing us up to speed on this long story all right. new a story next for you the world health organization urging the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the coronavirus breaks 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 transmission from people we know travel history to china could be the spark that becomes a bigger fires but for no it's only a spark objective remains containment so to avoid confusion as a scientist put it the quote a virus is now be given a name 19 it 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 a more recent health emergency in africa the a bowl a virus was also much more deadly than coronavirus bear all that in mind but all that said against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent and now saying they are increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse across the globe over corona virus fears we asked people in london's chinatown if they'd noticed a change in attitude toward. terrible loss lee i feel like sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or hated on because i. think you. put in people into a category into a box and think it's a dangerous place. this is chinatown in the center of london it's known 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 oldest chinese community group 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 as normal guess what happened is also beside me and i thought 1st of all as a mother because we were standing. sit on the part of the day i got to stop. 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 the children got picked up.

children just don't understand that student here hear from their own parents when the call of school or when they see chinese students or young children these are so the you you because you might have a virus education for important lawless' of important people understand that. the. auto trans problem is a 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 prudence who carries the way that we've documented things that go on in the eastern world it's always it's always been told like that anyway it's always been around a think the moment like something like this happens like there's a virus it just allows people to see the things that they're actually been fed her . a long time are probably out that they harbor they have these beatings anyway and it just gives people a platform to say what they want because this fear and i feel like it's just a very horrid hard time right now for the chinese people i feel like using

the disease. way to be 0 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 treated in chinese or in chinese students in central cracy i mean you can see that we tend to see the 1st 2 cases chinese to the cases in which 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 and 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. it's going to 31 past the hour this is art international live from. moscow thanks watching coming up mark marks the 41st anniversary of the

islamic revolution with mixed with celebration a mass protest is one of the stories we've got. we know in psychology that the more people are told that they can't or shouldn't do something whether it's sexual or otherwise the more it makes them want to do it so trying new things violating taboos are some of the most common and pervasive elements in our sexual fantasies. you know world of big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart or we need to stop slamming the door on the bats 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. again thousands of iranians have turned out for 90 us rally in the capital tehran it comes as the country mark the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution on tuesday as tensions continue to spiral with the united states is a bucket how the republicans molded by events in the late 1970.

u.s. around relation to a new low early january after the top iranian commander customs and money was killed in an american a strike in baghdad less than a week after that around then retaliated with missile attacks against u.s. bases in iraq addressing a radiance during the rally president rouhani struck a defiant tone. it 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. so is that relationship going to go we discussed washington's possible goals with a number of experts now is whether or not there's any out for deescalate as the u.s. ramps up the pressure on iran. 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 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. they're deeply misguided 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. i see their payments through with the united states to preserve the polls or maybe it will really work better as it is. i don't think so now where you try to treat people are flocking. to. the united states to america populating cambodia 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 its and tension is to make ordinary people suffer i think president trouble stated very clearly in the policy is that iran will modify the nuclear program and he will do everything he can to stop the policy is not regime change but rather a regime. of 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 as one party or multiple parties

are not in compliance. venezuela's self proclaimed president received an unceremonious welcome in correct his cheese day returning from a 3 week international to well why don't i was met by angry crowds at the country's biggest airport who held a busa didn't accused them of exacerbating the economic crisis their take is sudden oil was that. no let off. it wasn't easy for positionally to one guy do it to return to venezuela he passed border control at the international airport without any problem but he was confronted by airline workers from the company which was sanctioned after why dost trip to the u.s. . we are 2000 people and we are defending our families. he just goes crazy and we are here to defend ourselves there were members of libyan as well in socialist party present and other movements to debunk why don't proclaim himself the interim president of venezuela they shouted that he'd sold out the homeland and

called him traitor. and the situation became more tense when quite all supporters came to the airport to meet their leader i. know it was said that venezuelan president nicolas maduro would visit the airport but he instead made a statement from the palace address and transport work us. that got promise to transport workers i confirm all my commitments do not waste time let's not be distracted by stupidity some traitors of the country. well this news out for now i think kevin knowing so much more fuel one of your fancy to check it out across associated r.t. dot com but with more in just about half an hour's time the next programs lined up for you in your particular part of the world are lined up for you straight after

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