i. serious problems is wracked by 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 him being elected on an anti migration platform. sitting on a powder keg greece takes on name goes over claims there fueling hatred and violence between residents and refugees locals from one island on the frontline of the modern crisis. we all know what n.g.o.s are there behind this bad situation in our village. we know they do this for money. and his theory and over the corona

virus outbreak peaks people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism cross the world. live from moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. international tonight i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday about softer turkey's president threatened to launch attacks against syrian government forces in war stricken province recep tayyip erdogan also accused moscow of targeting civilians in the rebel held region which provoked a furious than all from moscow r.t. senior correspondent of the details. rebels and the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you're going to stand why turkey which said which paid

armed and trained those rebels as outraged at the gun is beside himself he needs to vent the shrike out. the syrian regime as well as russian forces and iran by militants icing with it needlessly continuously attacking civilians committing massacres a kurd in syria might find strange of the guns concern for civilian casualties but russia took those accusations seriously pointing out rebels had launched ceaseless drone attacks on the russian base violated the cease fire again and again and again al-qaeda linked jihad its control 90 percent of and who turkey despite promising to do so hadn't been able to separate from moderate rebels the statements made by turkish representatives about alleged russian military attacks on civilians in the edward discolorations 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 but the gun appears death ended mute to his own faults instead of explanation he's flooding it with troops with tanks with artillery vowing lesion for anyone who dares shoot at them. what. we determined to drive back syrian regime forces from our observation post by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary both on the ground and in the air without any hesitation and without any delay and egging it all on is washington apparently they've forgiven ever the gun for his little crusade against syrian kurds and have lifted their sanctions on turkish officials involved in attacking kurds they went further saying they stand with their god as he invades

a sovereign state 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 there are now 4 nuclear powers engaged in syria 5 if you count israel and they're fighting on different sides the danger of escalation is colossal that happened today when an american convoy drove into a village where they weren't welcome. but this is our car village the americans came in and faced resistance from the villages people who threw stones at them so the americans answered with bullets. a young man was killed and 2 were injured they killed a 14 year old youngster essentially because they wouldn't let them through to add

insult to injury the pentagon in a statement referred to the villages as a pro asaad militia and accuse the villages of occupying the village they live in also the american soldier who apparently scratched himself as fide no need to worry they literally separately tweeted about that so there you go an ugly day in an ugly war and liable to get a whole lot uglier still. italy's senate has voted to send a firebrand former interior minister matter salvini to trial over charges of holding migrants at sea was elected to power on his leaks party and migration platform our europe correspondent peter all of us has the details. 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 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 the 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. in greece the mortgage crisis has become a battleground between more thought and n.g.o.s operating marrows 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. with the oil and of course

has been a constant scene of protests since camps were established to handle the migrant influx large rallies are often turned violent just last week police were called into action to disperse crowds we asked local residents who agree with the government starts that n.g.o.s are making the situation worse. 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. well let's look at the put the makeshift camp in question on the island of let's pass it was a reason to build a maximum of 3000 refugees the number of people currently there is 6 times higher

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 i mean while looking at that the bigger picture here in the refugee crisis across greece a country that spin on the front line for years the crisis is getting worse last year it was estimated 74000 greek migrants reached greek shores more than half of them remain in makeshift camps capital cross various locations of greece doesn't see an end in sight either and the country is expecting around 100000 more asylum seekers over the next year we heard from regional and local officials in an area particularly heavily affected by the crisis they shared their concerns about some of the humanitarian activity happening in the region. 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 sect of use of this and this government has passed a new low 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 and will let you know that responds. the world health organization is urging media not to cause his theory or

surrounding the corona virus outbreak that's off the report some 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. of the corona virus which has now been named a covert 19 has a bottle of the rate of 2 percent we can compare that to sars epidemic back in 2003 that killed 10 percent of those who caught it and the more recent health emergency in africa the bowl of virus was also much more deadly coronavirus. against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent they're increasingly becoming the target of racist abuse across the globe over coronavirus

fears we asked people in london's chinatown of they've noticed the change of 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 account 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 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. mother because we were standing normally. sit for 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 absurd to suppose for young children because i. didn't hear a lot of complaining from parents to children. children just don't understand good shouldn't hear hear from their own parents when the call school or when they see chinese students or young children. but the new you because so you might have for virus education for imported 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 terrorists the way that we've documented the things that go on in the eastern world is always it's always been told like that anyway it's always been around to 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 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 hard time right now for the chinese people i feel like using the disease. way to be seen as somebody 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 treating chinese people and chinese students in central crazy i mean we you can see that we see here the 1st 2 cases chinese

to the other cases in which people come from singapore so you can see that. kind of you could be and human being can be can be kerry 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. . thousands of iranians have turned out for an anti us rally in the capital tehran this comes as the country marked the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution on tuesday as tensions spiraled with the united states is a look back at how the public was molded by events in the late night and 17.

u.s. iran relations hit a new low in early january after the top iranian commander seemed sort of body 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 a radiance during a rally president rouhani struck a defiant tone. that 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 rain civilization. was we discussed washington's possible goals with a number of experts asked whether there's any hope 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 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 are leads have their own interests as well as talking points directly from ayatollah khamenei but i see a of a bright future for you and i think you take it's hard for all of the deposed or if

there's a. scene there i'm sure with the united states particularly because maybe it will really work out a resident. 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 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 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 of. u.s. tariffs away heavy on one of france's most iconic products leaving one make is

pleading for help official reports just the markets suffering significant losses is a fraud correspondent shot at dignity. well just imagine that the u.s. is the 2nd largest importer of french wine so the idea of this 25 percent tax that was announced back in october and has been since slapped on those french wine products is really hitting the market for example we had some figures from the french federation of wine and spirits exporters say that since that tax was introduced. those exports plummet by some 33 percent and they're suggesting that the last 2 they're all going to their members could be something worth more than a 100000000 euros this year alone so they're very concerned they say that those tariffs have already hit somewhere winemakers so hard that they've cut jobs and 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 3 $100000000.00 euros they want that money to cover the losses from their losses so far but also to cover any tax increases the wine exporters say this was a political decision to give those subsidies to airbus and they've been caught in the middle of something that has nothing to do with them and they're even more concerned that they could be even further tax hikes around the corner this is over the dispute between the u.s.

and france over the so-called gas taxes 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 200 percent and that many say would completely decimate the industry here now we are expecting an announcement in regards to that from the u.s. later this week that do watch this space on that but many say even if that's avoided and there is an agreement the damage has already been done and that's because french products of already lost shelf space in the u.s. market that was a market that took them years to conquer and they say reconquest of that market may

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following a welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invents what they deem to be

important even radical what they do. don't tell you is how the political center is collapsing and why today's campaign is what voters think about the status quo. crosstalk in the liberal collapse i'm joined by my guest lead on jones in atlanta she's an attorney and former state director for bernie sanders in 2016 in washington we have christopher barron he is a conservative strategist as well as president of right turn strategies and in strasburg we cross to john laughlin he's a political scientist and historian as well as lecturer in european history at the university institute of st pius the 10th in pairs are right across cycles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to john in strasburg because to give us a little panoramic view right here. i was thinking a couple of days ago looking at the surge or apparent surge or invented surge of

pete booted gedge and i kept thinking while. america now has its own version of the menu well mccrone ok a poster child for power for the status quo and almost no one likes them but you can't do anything about it ok that's exactly what we're facing here and that's i also said in my introduction you know we're told so much about what this candidate stands for what that candidate stands for but nobody really wants to look at what the voters really want and they want a continuation of 2016 of confronting the elites ok but you won't learn that on c.n.n. or m s n b c go ahead john. well i think the comparison with michael is a very good one because. in spite of all the rhetoric we had in 2016 about to see it in the rise of trump and so on it shows how strong.