i. was just in fights breaking out between u.s. troops unarmed locals in the syrian city commercially with a russian patrol arriving at the same to mediate tell you more. all sidelining today 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 if they will give us which is like swiss cheese which of you will accept such a state. sitting on a powder keg greece takes on n.g.o.s now of a claims they are fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees coming

out with meat locals from one island on the front line of the migrant crisis. but you know. we all know what down there behind this bad situation. we know they do this for money. styria over the corona virus outbreak paix people of asian descent now say they're finding themselves a liver saving end of racism globally. either just have 4 pm life or marty's world views h.q. in moscow this wednesday trial favorite kevin i'm with you for this 30 minute news roundup thanks accompany stick around too for the whole thing 1st then as i say developing new story new infighting has broken out between american troops and a number of armed locals at a checkpoint in the northeastern city or pretty close to a commission. this where this day a u.s.

military spokesperson said the situation has been quote deescalated there's currently no word on casualties there let's get more from the goldstone no further a go we've been covering this before this can we talk in the last few hours what do we know about these these clashes near commercially so far well i have to say it's a very interesting way to put it that the situation has been deescalated because it's very very vague and it doesn't really represent what actually happened then and what happened there was a complete mess so this city of commercially it's right in the north of syria right next to the border with turkey so it is already heated area it's a highly volatile area to be in in the 1st place and so american troops were on patrol there apparently and they came under fire now who's to say who was firing these these. at this patrol essentially because the way americans put it and we can show you their statement of the of the american side

they are calling them and no unknown individuals so they are as vague about it as they can be syrians on the other hand are saying that those were just locals just local villagers who took up arms and. short. short of this patrol but then the americans they carried out a round of airstrikes on to that village and that deescalation that the americans are talking about it didn't happen it happened only when a russian patrol russian patrol vehicles came along when they helped deescalate this is. even worse so you have this there have been some pictures from some photographs from the scene of for instance and you have like russian flags syrian flags american flags like we're all in a row we have some behind you just don't really represent the scale. for instance

over there there's a syrian flag an american a russian one so it was very messy a lot of all these pictures of these and just in all these pages because it just in ok right now there's a the bigger story here as well where we try and work out what what what what that spot was earlier on what we're talking about is turkey's president saying that he will literally fire back if any of his troops that are in what. are attacked by the syrians the city would fire way further than it and expand not know that was a big again potential flashpoint he's talking tough it looks like after talking tough then he said he was going to talk with all parties there including russia so where are we on the big threats from turkey troops if they were were all we all know they were and let me take you through this this whole situation because indeed the turkish president he showed how comfortable he feels about these armies presence in this northern syrian province de facto what he said was that syrians

should get out of syria have a list. we determine 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 indeed end of the reasoning he puts behind this statement is that turkish troops are attacked and killed but according to the letter of putin's russian president's spokesman vitamine excuse me he said that essentially and echoing in that thought by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he said that essentially turkey has failed to deliver on a key promise that it made within the framework of a peace deal of a peace process in italy and that was to divide to make it clear line a clear distinction between radical groups who just want to fight. and like who

have been designated terrorist acts al qaeda in syria and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and who are ready to bring peace to the north of syria through talking to damascus apparently he failed so russia is saying that gun president one has failed to do so and that is the root of all problems what spurred his tough talk yeah i mean his his country has suffered troop losses a couple of times of late but why this statement now well apparently just getting really really tired and he sounds very angry too because it wasn't just syria that got a peace of mind of a one also russia came into his crosshairs have a listen as to what he had to say. the syrian regime as well as russian forces in the iran backed militants. are continuously attacking civilians committing massacres. so he's talking about people civilians being effectively killed and bombed by russia and syria but there have been no i mean the recent the

most recent incident aside that we've just talked about at the beginning of our conversation there also have been plenty of pictures like for instance a helicopter being shot down by the not so moderate and not so peaceful group so obviously the one did not mean that russia was blaming those like these groups who are doing stuff like this that we're showing you right now but according again according to russia's foreign minister these people who are committing these acts of violence who are actively warring there in adlib they are using civilians as cover which is a terrorist tactic. about the reason for the escalation the reason is the militants control totally or nearly totally by chop out all nusra and i at ariel sharon which al nusra has turned into and uses as a cover constantly bring this 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 so you've heard the human shields again that has been this tactic has been internationally recognized as something that only a terrorist organization would do and in the wake of all these statements president one has already talked to his russian counterpart vladimir putin so they are talking it's not like a sort of divorce it's not a diplomatic divorce if i may say so also apparently because of that conversation the result of that phone call was that the foreign minister of turkey is to visit moscow in the nearest future how much sympathy does turkey enjoy around the world for its position here regarding syria well again. think of a nother country that is very fond of intervening and dominant militarily in other country's affairs the united states and the relationship between ankara and

washington has been quite rocky lately so the white house i'm sure was pleased to hear those harsh words coming out of that one because right now they're trying to get behind this steering will and to try and move this conflict into into a direction favorable to the united states foreign policy and they are even sending an envoy to turkey to do just that task with just that have a listen. 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 and interestingly enough earlier ones tough words today came after this statement that we've just showed you that we've just give you a listen to but again after those harsh words came the talk with latimer putin apparently a very urgent desire and urge to talk this over and to work it out through

diplomacy so russia and turkey they're not doing a diplomatic divorce but rather they're they're very passionate about their about their geopolitical goals but they are ready to respect each other's interests and they're ready to move they don't need any other middlemen in this case of watch this space certainly as the talks are ratcheting up at the moment and the talk is already going to turn off unearthing thank you complicated story and complicating it for us no talking a complicated story if this next one of the palestinian president has formally rejected donald trump's middle east peace plan and the revolving resolving the israel palestine conflict so long one of course it was described at the u.n. security council as a reward for occupation no less though 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 leans 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 if 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 plugged. to negotiate even into this did in finding a value through. to the conflict with the president. let's not beat around the bush progress toward peace will not be made of longer than the. vision. only when he steps down. in the move forward 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 there were jewish settlements there was tear gas dispersed against palestinian protesters rocks were thrown quite

a heated and intense exchange a lot of injuries took place it seems that this proposed peace plan is not leading to peace and stability it's not just palestinians who are unhappy with the so-called deal of the century it's proving divisive in the e.u. to the blogs policy forum chief 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 the union's members don't consider the plan to be a good starting point. their proposals table 2 weeks ago. clearly challenges international. and it is difficult to see how these initiatives can bring both parties back to the table the u.s. plan would formalize its recognition of jerusalem as israel's undivided capital and claims to double palestine's territory it also offers 50 $1000000000.00 worth of investment in the new state we heard from

a senior political advisor the president of sue's unconvinced though and says that if what they're being offered is next to nothing. this is not a deal this is an attempt to liquidate the palestinian problem because given a big part of our land in the west bank to israel for peace maybe israel who sponsor force our security whatever. shared with us their them without some mosque and take over all of the east to loosen up and stop giving on your eyes to that fiji's there is nothing call for the really for the stop best to accept in the security council he was very clear. i am i want peace based on a 2 state solution i one 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 so tightly biased with israelis for many years to still on result in a way to kind of power the break another unresolved story in greece migrant crisis n.g.o.s that are now being accused of contributing to the problems that might come as news to you but tell you all about it since we're back.

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 today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo. again this is an international focus next on greece there the migrant crisis has

become a battleground between authorities and the n.g.o.s that are operating there as organizations have been accused of inciting hatred and violence between the locals and the 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 contributes to illegal migration. the island of lez boss has been a constant scene of protests since camps are established there to try to handle the migrant influx large rallies of often turn violent of late just last week police were called in to work to try to disperse crowds we asked local residents 1st off you agree with the government's stance now that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. but. 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 do it destroying all the trees that we had here for years and years and have enough there 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 it's a bit more about the biggest makeshift camp in question on the isle of the last boss there was originally built a maximum of 3000 migrants but the number of people currently being kept there is 6 times higher shockingly with little or no access to healthcare the un has called for action stressing that the camp in fact should be moving out some of the residents by now meantime the bigger picture of the refugee crisis across broader greece a country that's been on the front line for years we can report is deepening last year it was estimated that $74000.00 migrants reached greek shores more than half of them remain in makeshift camps still scattered across various locations and

greece doesn't see any end in sight either with the country expecting up to 100000 more asylum seekers in the coming here we heard from regional and local officials in an area heavily affected by the crisis they shared their concerns about some of the humanitarian activity that is happening there. we have about 450 n.g.o.s 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 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 strictly and to right to control all the sec to do so 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 a part of horn 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 n.g.o.s 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. as a footnote historic can tell you we are several n.g.o.s to comment on the situation if when they get back to us with a response to let you know what they had to say about it. now tracking the coronavirus in the world health organization is the media not to cause hysteria surrounding that outbreak itself to reports emerged citing a medical expert from hong kong warning that nearly 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 fire but for no it's only

a spark or objective remains containment so what's the reality here while it's not been given the name the coronavirus is being called covert 19 scientists say to avoid confusion well try to read it 2 percent compare that sars back in 2310 percent were killed that caught that more recently the health emergency in africa the a bowl of virus was much more deadly than the corona virus all that said though against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent say they're now increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse across the globe over coronavirus fears we asked people london's chinatown if they noticed a change in attitude of late. terrible loss i feel. sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or hated on because i. think it

is putting people into a category into a box and think it's a dangerous way of thinking 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 elders chinese community group in chinatown has been handling the backlash against the corona virus and the fear factor is clear. you have. come into these things here what about your personal experiences i think it was last thursday i was to trying to work a normal guess what happened is also beside me and i thought 1st. most matter because we were standing normally consume sit only part of the day to stop myself because i'm trying to ease 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 people just upset especially for young children because i. get to hear a lot of complaining from parents to children. children just don't understand that student hear hear from their own parents when the call school or when they see chinese student or young children this is so but the new you because so you you might have a virus education for imported lawless' of important people understand that. these. problems daughters transport the global problem here so other 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 documented the things that go on in the eastern world is always it's always been it's home like that anyway it's always been around to think the moment that something like this happens that there is a virus it just allows people to say the things that they're actually being fed for

a very long time are probably out that they harbor they have experience anyway and it just gives people a platform to say what they want is this very i feel like it's just a very boring hard time right now for the chinese people i feel like using it is the. way to be seen from just terrible. if it was someone from the usa i don't think people would treat people americans come in the same way as they are treated in chinese or in chinese students in central mosque racey i mean i mean you can see that we see here the 1st 2 cases chinese today are the cases in which people come from singapore so you can see that the. does the card you could be and human being can be can be kariya 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. r.t. . well as well as self proclaimed president received this will come in caracas choose day after returning from a 3 week international tour. was met by angry crowds at the country's biggest airport to hold the producers have been accused of exacerbating the economic crisis the. sudden no one was there to. 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 us. we are 2000 people and we are defending our family. he just goes crazy and we're here to defend ourselves there were members of liberal as well in socialist party present

and other movements to the divine why don't proclaim himself the interim president of venezuela they shouted that he'd sold out the homeland and called him a trader. and the situation became more tense when quite all supporters came to the airport to meet their leader. i. was. at a stand modo it was said that there is one president nicolas maduro with this at the airport but he still made a statement from the palace address interest but worthless look there are at that compartment the air transport work is i confirm all my commitments do not waste time let's not be distracted by stupidity some traitors of the country. are tima correspondents around the world bringing you all the important news as it happens that's news route for now yugoslav much more r.t. dot com or any of our social media my name is kevin oh and thanks for being with

this war for me in 34 minutes and the next programs in your part of the world lined up for you after this quick break. but politicians do. put themselves on the line they get it. the reject. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to be close this is what before 3 of them or can't be good get. interested always in the waters in the holidays. there should be.

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when so many find themselves worlds apart. choose to look for common ground. this is boom bust the one 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 effects of the coronavirus 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 amazon 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 $10000000000.00 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 lee 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 and 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 which is the longest on record now let's be honest here because much of that expansion is simply fake expansion made possible possible by cheap money artificially low interest rates thanks to the fed and also thanks to the fed a massive pumping of money into the economy economic expansion is well into its

11th year and it is the longest on.