beyond a kleptocracy it's becoming i think it's. the right word it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and results are obviously catastrophic. as serious. violence tensions grow between russia and turkey which are accusing each other of breaking deescalation agreements. italy's former interior minister might. face trial for not permitting refugees to land in sicily last year despite being elected on. and sitting on a powder keg greece takes on planes there fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from what i learned on the front line of the market prices. we all know what. they are behind this. village.

we know they do this for money. that's his theory of overcrowded virus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism across the world. live from moscow thanks for joining us here on the international. program 1st up tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday after turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province. and also accused of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious denial from moscow. for the latest updates on all this obviously pretty tense situation and what's the latest we know incredibly tense and. liable to get much worse the way the way things are going now but look

at it from from turkey's perspective where bulls that they've financed with measurable fortune with you know they fed they train their house for years and supported. supported they were in a way that no other side has supported their now watching their their side their rebels facing catastrophe they've lost a 3rd of their territory in need lived over the last a month and a half so obviously the gun is out of rage and needs to strike out of. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and iran backed militants. are continuously attacking civilians committing massacres are. now a kurd in syria may find a. concern for civilian casualties a little strange after everything is done to them but russia rules to the bait it

addresses allegations and categorically denied them and pointed out that turkey isn't isn't being entirely honest about its own faults that led to this escalation that led to this breakout in fighting namely that turkey had promised to separate the moderate rebels from the g. hardest the radicals and it hasn't been able to do so because it hasn't been able to do so those jihadist have launched endless drone attacks against russian troops stationed in syria and this artillery strikes as well as attacks by tanks by troops by suicide bombers against the syrian military forcing their hand eventually to launch an operation which has ended so far in catastrophe for the rebels the statements made by turkish representatives about alleged russian military attacks on civilians in the discoloration zone or false. the real reason for the crisis in ad lib unfortunately is that our turkish colleagues have failed to fulfill their

obligations to separate the moderate opposition militants from the terrorists in these areas. turkey itself isn't deescalating in by any measure the ied is flooding harder starts and ends with the top of the range missiles for example guided missiles very high tech stuff is also flooding the entire 'd province of idlib with with its own tanks with its troops with its artillery systems today with worrying reports of a jihad being being conducted under the cover of a turkish military barracks although unverified as of yet it's still early days unless turkey remains blind to own failures to meet what it promised what it promised to do and in terms of the the wider broader responsibility a lot of states by others what are they even saying well the united states has been at the forefront of the international response they're very strange today now that there's a huge escalation brewing that there is you know all into the syrian conflict they

decide they decided today to lift sanctions against turkish officials who think they have decried who they had called almost murderous for what they did the kurds for the infamous turkish attack on kurds in northern syria and now you know you've got you've got to see this in relation to whatever the guy is doing they've decided to lift these sanctions perhaps as a sort of nod of agreement to his actions nevertheless the united states is firmly on the side of the turks 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 anchorage a coordinate steps to respond to this destabilizing attack we stand by our nato ally. no i did see it as also found itself in hot water today because it's been a bad day for everyone in teams. they sent their troops special forces u.s.

special forces stationed in syria and patrol in northern syria in the province of chemistry and they they drove into a village they drove into a village where they weren't welcomed at all the locals the villagers walked out blocked the road they refused to let them past one thing led to another and the united states united states troops started shooting apparently they claim in self-defense 2 people died 2 local villages it is unclear whether they were at all armed there are also worrying reports which we haven't been able to verify that one of them was a 14 year old nevertheless the americans drove away and then they issued a statement saying that one of their soldiers had scratched himself and sustained a scratch on his gear apparently on his hand you know that's all they said without any mention of who they killed. as i said an incredibly messy situation for all

sides involved there are obviously the calls and the desire for the deescalation whether people are genuinely going to commit to deescalation which is a difficult process remains to be seen really is a part of their northern syria let's hope talks can resume and try to get some tension out there as the if there with the latest on. the italy's senate has voted to send far beyond former interior minister matter of salvini to trial over charges of holding moderates see that he was elected to power of course on his leaks party an anti migration platform or your correspondent peter all of a. well the italian senate has voted to revoke. his ministerial immunity from prosecution that will see him stand trial later this year charges of having illegally detained migrants on a boat last year after they tried to cross the mediterranean into italy if he's

convicted there he could face up to 15 years in jail well this particular incident relates back to what happened in july of 2019 when the italian coast guard vehicle the italian coast guard vessel the betty picked up around 140 people who were crossing the mediterranean from libya to ward italy some of those on board needed immediate medical attention that left 116 on board the coast guard vessel they were kept there for days at the express orders of mr salvini. he said that they would remain on board the ship until. the e.u. nations came into and said that they would take the people on board now what prosecutors are saying is that material salvini acted unilaterally that he willfully refused and ignored requests from. the italian prime

minister to allow this coast guard ship into an italian port. had long said that he was fighting against immigration of fighting against migration into italy that he wanted to sure up italy's borders he felt this italy was being used as a soft touch by the rest of the e.u. when it came to issues of migration and immigration. he did say that he would face his day in court as he put it like a man saying that what he did he did for italy and suggesting that he would have done it again if he got the chance. i feel is my duty to the country italian people and to my children i want to be proud of what it is to hold my head high our constitution says that protecting our homeland is a sacred duty for italian citizens as a minister as a man as an italian fighting people traffickers defending our borders and security

defending the pride and dignity of my country protecting italians from all the illegal migrants in the country is not a right but to jews and for me. all along with greece italy has been at the front line of europe's migration crisis the 1st port of call for many desperate people making that incredibly dangerous crossing over the mediterranean. oh it's not over for salvini when it comes to the removal of his ministerial immunity later this month he'll face another vote relating to another incident from last year this time in august where he refused to allow the migrant vessel open arms to dock at an italian port but we are hearing from giuseppe content the

italian prime minister is that the time he describes as being obsessed with stopping migrants from arriving in italy so much definitely seeing the inside of a courtroom on charges relating to detaining migrants all one count it may well be 2 counts by the end of this month. we're staying with the topic in greece the mortgage crisis has become a battleground between authorities and n.g.o.s operating in the country as organizations have been accused of inciting hatred and violence between locals and 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 los boss

has been a constant theme of protest since camps were established to handle the migrant influx large rallies have often turned violent so just last week police were called into action to disperse crowds vast local residents who agree with the government starts that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. like human. we all know what n.g.o.s are about they're behind this bad situation in our village we can understand the migrants we cannot leave just watching them killing our animals and setting fire to the fields in villages destroying the olive trees that we've had here for years and years. now. but yes the ngos are behind this bad situation and we know they do this for money of course they are not all the same it. all let's take a closer look about the biggest makeshift camps are in question on the boss it was originally built to host a maximum of 3000 migrants the number of people currently there is currently 6 times higher that amount with little or no access to health care the un has called

for urgent action stressing the camp should be moving some of those residents out now meanwhile the. refugee crisis across greece a country that's of course been on the front line for years is deepening and just last year it was reported $74000.00 margaret reached greek shores in total more than half of them remain in makeshift camps scattered across various locations and greece doesn't see an end in sight with the country expecting up to $100000.00 more asylum seekers in the coming year we heard from regional and local officials in an area heavily affected by the crisis they shared their concerns about some of the communitarian activity happening in the region. we have about 450 indios act 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 their 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. 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. rotty has asked several n.g.o.s to comment on the situation we'll let you know their response when we get it. the world health organization is urging the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the coronavirus outbreak this is after reports of a sighting

a medical expert from hong kong warning nearly 2 thirds of the world's population could be at risk of contracting the disease because certainly instances of on ward transmission from people was not travel history to china could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but no. it's only a spark objectively remains containment. while the corona virus which has now been named. as a mortality rate of 2 percent so we can compare that to the sars epidemic back in 2003 that killed 10 percent of those who quarter and a more recent health emergency in africa a bowl of virus was also much more deadly coronavirus. all that sort of course against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent are increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse across the globe over the coronavirus fears we asked people in london's chinatown if they've noticed the

change in attitude. terrible loss i feel. sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or hated on because i. think you. put in people into a craft to get into the box and think it's a dangerous way of thinking 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 old is chinese community group in chinatown has been handling the backlash against the coronavirus and the fear factor is clear. you have. to come in. what about your personal experiences i think it was last. i was to train to work a normal guess what happened is also beside me and i thought 1st.

mother because we were standing. bolivar to get the. most 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. people just upset especially for young children because i. 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 young children this is so but the hear you because so you might have for virus education for important lawless' of important people understand that. the. 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 potential carries the

way that we've 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 like there's a virus it just allows people to see the things that they're actually being 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 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 here for this is just terrible. if it was somebody 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 crazy 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. they

don't own cars or you could be and human being can be can be carry we have seen this before and now the coronavirus has instigated and that 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 china. this community has had huge implications to do a cuba. still to come iran marks the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution a day mixed with celebration and also mass protest that's among the stories coming off the break. now 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

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welcome back to the program thousands of iranians have turned out for anti u.s. rally in the capital tehran this comes as the country marked the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution on tuesday as tension spiral with the united states here's a look back at how the republicans molded by events in the late seventy's. u.s. iran relations hit

a new low in early january after the top iranian commodities seemed sort of modern 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 addressing 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 irene civilization we discuss washington's possible goals with a number of experts and asked whether there's any hope at all for the escalation as the u.s. wraps up the pressure on iraq. do you see a chance here for iran to mend relations with the united states with europe pull 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 comic proposed iran they are 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 elites have their own interests as well as talking points directly from ayatollah khamenei but i see a bright future for you ron 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 here i think it's people are flocking the people rise out of. 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 not develop. a nuclear program and he will do everything he can to stop it 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. with u.s. tariffs away have you and one of france's most iconic products leaving one make is pleading for help official reports suggest the market is suffering significant losses his own correspondent shot at the whisky with more. 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 if see those exports plummet by some 33 percent and they're suggesting that the loss to their organizers 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 of 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 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 the french wine makers are the ones that are suffering it is now essential that the government provide

concrete responses to the requests made by our sector for 4 months in particular through the creation of an emergency compensation fund of 300000000 euros they want that money to cover the losses from their losses so far but also to cover any tax increases the one 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 gaffe or taxes is a tax on digital giants so last month president machen try 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. great discussion with donald trump on digital tax we will work together on a good agreement to avoid tariff escalation well that is not easing concerns

because there is a suggestion that that 25 percent tax could be raised all the way up to 100 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 that do watch this space on that but many say even if that's avoided that 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 them years to conquer and they say a reconquest of that market may just not be possible. up next the head of the federal reserve's address to congress in boom bust and for all u.k. viewers going underground explosion famed suds in the irish elections will back off about.

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