i. seriously provinces wracked by violence tensions grow between russia and turkey which are accusing each other of breaking deescalation agreements. italy's former interior minister silvio me set to face trial for not committing refugees to land in sicily last year despite him being elected on and. says he went to greece takes over claims they're fuelling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from one island on the frontline of the crisis. we all know what n.g.o.s are there behind this bad situation our bill

which. we know they do this for money. mysteria over the. peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism across the world. from moscow thanks for joining us here not internationally hawkins' welcome to the program. 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 again also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which has provoked a furious from moscow. senior correspondent more against the i've told me about the latest developments. look at it from from turkey's perspective the rebels that they've financed with measurable fortune with you know they fed they train their house for years and support the. support that they were either way that no other

side has supported they're now watching their their side they're 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 he needs to strike out. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and iran by militants and seen with it continuously attacking civilians committing massacres now a 3rd in syria may find. concern for civilian casualties a little strange after everything is done to them but russia rules to the bait it addresses allegations and it categorically denied them it 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 infighting 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 are the hardest of launched endless drone attacks against russian troops stationed in syria 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 rebels the statements made by turkish representatives about alleged russian military attacks on civilians in the discoloration zone are false the real reason for the crisis and ad lib unfortunately is the 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 it is flood. jihad starts and ends with the top of the range missiles for example guided missiles very high tech stuff is also flooding the entire province of idlib with with its own tanks

with its troops with its artillery systems turkey remains blind to failures to meet what it promised what it promised to do but in terms of the the wider broader response a body a lot of states by others have even said well the united states has been at the forefront of the international response there 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 that they had 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 what they have begun 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. united states has 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 syrian 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 pass one thing led to another and the united states united states troops started shooting apparently. they claim in self-defense it's as i said an incredibly messy situation for all sides involved there are obviously calls and

a desire for the deescalation but whether people are genuinely going to commit to the escalation which is a difficult process remains to be seen. so let's get some reaction now from what former you can master to syria peter for thanks for joining us sir good to have in the program today just want to start with mr adams president adams address to parliament quite a blistering to raid a very strong language very strong rhetoric do you think that is just talk that is just bluster already going to be following up there with some sort of major military operations in syria. i think rhetoric to the right. we in the eyes of the people if he did not. talk that 'd kind of talk very much doubt that he going to have the military option in the boat thing but having claimed we were ready to. ringback

strike in syria an air base very unlikely that they could carry this out because that particular syrian air group controlled by russia. we find it. in jets being downed by russia and then it's. not going to happen i think. every track. like that would be now of course. it syrian government but then they have achieved an object of taking control very important and by highway. aleppo on the map. they're going to consolidate now they took him to the bog and a couple of important towns and he was. a sex slave to lucy and 5

highway they 'd were not exact same loosely the sounds one of which you cut off it . saying that he wants syrians to retreat. back. that is not going to happen that is not going to happen the other way around him you know given the theory 'd and long timeline the end of the month he no it's not going to happen but there is going to be a poor. look was there in that area and was hoping to from further advances which they didn't plan on making anyway. this will get out of course with russia and turkey accusing each other of violating previous deescalation agreements one side clearly may not be telling the truth maybe both sides are all full here what's going on from the point of view what actually is the

trigger behind this and how can we avoid a major confrontation from happening. maintaining this 10 syrian government only one method people. go in the attacking civilians. please nonsense it doesn't make any strategic and syrian government target civilian targets saying 'd we. account 20000 and. 5 type terrorists in that they had made that much. these are the target of the russian and the syrian. pointless. nonsensical to claim that the video that are being targeted of course severely and are in direct. is happening with any military operation

and not happen when i think being puts you through different cities and towns and villages by the west led coalition taking the body out with rubble and power. completely leveled by the coalition forces in comparison the russians and the syrians will be in gentle on pavilion. and it was not the only place we've seen violence we have seen tensions also in the area of commission where appears u.s. troops came under fire at that checkpoint there what does this tell us about the sentiment towards the u.s. presence on the ground in syria and where will this lead to. when the american deluding themselves if they think that there is popular support for the president in northeast area increasingly the main object in this area is

the oil trump more or less. admitted both about this. even though the kurdish population are not happy about that and the people in the far north hamish really not seeing any benefit. from lingering presence of u.s. forces in that area on the contrary they are suffering an occupation. the people in the south the oil baron areas they're a little less happy because their salary being paid by the americans now to the oil profit. for the british ambassador to syria peter for thanks for your time today. an r.v. international great to get your take on those events in northern syria. oh italy's senate has voted to send farmer and former interior minister motor

salvini to trial over charges of holding migrants at sea he was elected to power of course on his league's party and anti migration platform europe correspondent peter all of a has the details. well the italian senate has voted to revoke. his ministerial immunity from prosecution now or 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 towards 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 salvini said that they would remain on board the ship until 8 of 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 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 that 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 this is what he did he did a silly and suggesting that he would have done it again if you. at the chance. i feel is my duty to the country the 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 a duty for me. 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 conti that 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. greece the modern crisis has become

a battleground between or forty's and n.g.o.s operating there 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. of the onondaga liz boss has been a constant scene of protests since camps were established after handle the moderate influx large rallies have often turned violent so just last week police were called into action to disperse crowds we spoke to local residents who agree with the government starts that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. but like you know. 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 the village destroying the olive trees that we've had here for years and years. now if you know where 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. deal the bit deeper into that makeshift camp in question on the island a less force that was originally built to host a maximum of 3000 migrants the number of people currently being kept there is 6 times higher than that a little access to health care the u.n. has called for urgent action stress in the camp should be moving some of those residents out and meanwhile the bigger picture here the refugee crisis across greece as a whole country that's of course but on the front line for years is deepening last year it was estimated $74000.00 migrants reached the greek shores more than half of those remain in makeshift camps that across various locations greece doesn't see an end in sight either the country is expecting up 210-0000 more asylum seekers in the

coming year we heard from regional and local officials in an area heavily affected by the crisis they share their concerns about some of the humanitarian activity going on in the area. we have about 450 n.g.o.s 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 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 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 then 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. r.t. has asked several n.g.o.s to comment on the situation well that you know their response. the world health organization's urging the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the coronavirus outbreak this comes off the report so much 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 onward transmission from people was not travel history to china could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it's only a spark objective remains containment. virus which has now

been named 19 has 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 caught it and the more recent health emergency in africa the u.-boat a virus was also much more deadly than the corona virus all that set of course against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent are increasingly becoming the targets of writers to use across the globe over quote a virus fears we asked people in london's chinatown if they don't just any change in attitude. terrible loss we feel. sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or paid on it doesn't. think you. put in people into captivity in a 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 elders chinese community creep in chinatown has been handling the backlash against the corona virus and the fear factor is clear. i mean. what about your personal experience 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 was the. mother because we were standing. sit by all of her 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 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 the.

children just don't understand that student here hear from their own parents when the call school or when it's each other's student or young children this is so the year you because you might have a virus education for important the laws of important people understand that. the. transport and 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 prudence who 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 that there is a virus it just allows people to say 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 i feel like it's just

a very boring time right now for the chinese people i feel like using the disease. way to be seated so it was just terrible. if it was someone from the usa i don't think people treat people americans coming over the same way as they are treating the chinese people and chinese students in central. i mean you can see that we can see here the 1st 2 pieces chinese to the other pieces people come from singapore so you can see that. you could be an human being can be can be kariya we have seen this before and now the coronavirus has instigated another 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. . thousands of iranians have turned out for an anti us rally in the capital tehran

has come as the country marked the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution on tuesday as tensions spiral with the united states is a look back at how the republic was molded by in the late 1970 s. . u.s. iran relations hit a new low in early january after the top iranian commander can seem sort of 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 addressing iranians during the rally president rouhani struck 8 point . 0 many caught that he 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 remaining 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 is any hope for the escalation as the u.s. ramps up the pressure on to iraq. 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 comic republic of iran they are 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 elites 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 this on 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 like that or as it is. i don't think so now where you try to treat people are flocking to people rise out of. 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 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. going underground looks at shin fein elections and for u.k. viewers to document fixed rules. controversial matters traditions and more shown in . the holder doctrine eric holder former attorney general under obama this is the idea that banks are systemically important they can't be prosecuted because this would be a danger to the society as a whole what's remarkable is that this idea has bled over into other industries so

now boeing has a major scandal on its hands and it's claiming that a systemic way important in the law doesn't apply to us other agricultural companies are saying now we're systemically important we're above the law now that is leading to bionic laptop or see this becoming i think it's a cracker stock or c. is the right word it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and results obviously catastrophic. time after time going underground internationally at the same times but not to u.k. the new times of 830143930 g.m.t. broadcasting from the heart of the westminster establishment every monday wednesday and saturday coming up of the show. feigns victory in southern island marks the

death of celtic neoliberalism and the beginning of the end of ambitions for a post bricks at united kingdom as the republican movement prepares for the reunification of the island divide we talk to all the major parties now in talks to form a government both of us or more coming up in today's going underground the 1st allegations of pro to your liberal bias in nature nation media continue to rage in the usa over perceived me as against bernie sanders in new hampshire that will of the smearing of jeremy corbyn of britain's december election and the island ahead of sion faints victory is arguably be no different they know that the stronger shouldn't think get the more they are people respond to our message the sooner their power and privilege will come to an end and i'm not one to pass much value in opinion polls but it is clear that the 2 most recent opinion polls. neck and neck with for the gale yet they.