i. serious. violence tensions grow between russia and turkey which are accusing each other of breaking deescalation agreed. also the south italy's former interior minister. faced trial for not committing refugees to land in sicily last year as part of being elected on a. platform. sitting on a powder keg greece takes on claims there fueling hatred and violence between residents refugees locals from one of the front lines of the market crisis. we

all know. they're behind this. which. we know they do this for money. over the corona virus outbreak people of asian descent find themselves on the receiving end of racism across the world. and i just came in here in moscow watching r.t. international. welcome to the program tensions are growing between russia and turkey this wednesday that's after 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 has provoked a furious the not all from moscow senior correspondent more against the us has more . 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 can understand 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 i sing with it he lives in a 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 it's control 90 percent of and who turkey despite promising to do so haven'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 live with troops with tanks with artillery vowing lesion for anyone who dares shoot at them. we determined to drive back syrian regime forces from our observation posts by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary both on the ground and in the 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 the 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 face resistance from the villagers people who threw stones at them so the americans answered with bullets. a young man was killed and 2

were injured a 14 year old youngster killed to add insult to injury the pentagon in a statement referred to the villages as a pro acid militia and accuse the villagers of occupying the village they live in also the american soldier who apparently scratched himself as 5 no need to worry they literally separately tweeted about that so there you go an ugly day in our glee war and as things stand liable to get a whole lot uglier still. for more let's cross live now to international affairs commentator jonathan deal to get all reaction of what's been going on there in northern italy thanks for joining us on the program today 1st of all let's go to. mr adelman speech in parliament a lot of rhetoric lot of quite strong was there do you think that's where it's going to end here or do you see any sort of turkish military operation any sort of

major action it's going to take place against syrian government forces and. it's hard to tell exactly what jerks has been bringing you know a lot of heavy equipment tanks and artillery so it looks as though they're willing to prepare for something this is really it's a 3rd turkish invasion of syria years ago the northern sceptical. and lost some of the very north east. syria where the 'd p.g.d. clear american kurdish forces who fought against isis were based and now we've got the surge invasion coming inches northwest province of italy so really doesn't have a moral leg to stand on he is invading a foreign country totally illegally and he should not be doing. what response can we expect from the syrian government indeed from his russian allies as well if there is a turkish military offensive and i mean really what can be done to avoid such a major confrontation. well i hope to jim jeffries a u.s.

envoy who's come to hank rouse sector pumper pointed out shows the text was drawn to stop doing what they're doing is trying to the rebels who were disarmed the original search agreement between russia and turkey was the turks would disarm the isis type metals they're actually trying to link. and they've not done it's not only not done that but they're not actually send more arms in to help the rebels so it's a complete violation of such agreement the turks attorney in your marriage can should really understand that and get on board what is to come back to what you just said there about the agreements because russia and turkey have both spinnaker both accusing each other of violating deescalation agreements. have both sides but upholding the size of the agreement of both sides in the wrong here what's going on in that aspect. well your initial agreement was that the turks would settle the dozen observation posts there are meant to be literally or what they're called

observation posts momentary and ceasefire they were not meant to be military bases to be used to attack anybody except possibly linked militants if they refused to deescalate and give up their heavy weapons as agreed by the turks and the russians so the chance of clearly violated what they're doing the russians i think check if you're violated in the sense that they're not honoring one of the notices faceted been probably going to but they have the government of syria behind them they are been invited into the country they are legitimately legally there's the russian army and russian air force and then violation is just a technical one because the ceasefires group which it's hard to know who started the granting of this is from both sides carry some of that is that i've lived that we've seen tensions rise in northern syria and commercially in that area we saw u.s. troops come under fire apparently at a checkpoint classing with locals what does that show about the level of you know

the sentiment towards american forces on the ground in syria by locals and by militias. well it wasn't quite clear from new york what sort of people there were these local villages or syrian government although if the syrian government prichard a few of their kurds arabs or they took among people of turkish the few people it wasn't quite you haven't the main point i think this episode shows is the americans are not withdrawing from northeast syria and so they said they were. going to observe the americans are still in place. you know punishing their incomes what do you think the main strategy the main aim is now by washington by the pentagon in syria i mean if regime change has failed because assad is you know like it or not for better or for worse is winning the war what do you think americans main aim now is main strategy in syria well they still want to regime change they plan to give

up on all out military attack on syria and go still trying to help the kurds in eastern syria where the oil fields around gerry's are which is an important revenue area for anybody who controls the oil fields at the moment they're under kurdish control and the government in syria would like to get them back and to help revive their economy so the americans still seem to be putting on a military sanctions if you might. be buying the oil fields so they still haven't given up regime change where they're really gross reforms to allow the church to track syrian government forces want to bring down russian planes is another matter it's certainly a powder keg isn't it and no sign of the escalation there international affairs commentator jonathan steele thanks for your time today good to have in the program . italy senate has voted to send far brown former interior minister moto sylvania to trial over charges of

holding margarets at sea it was elected to power on his leaks party and migration platform our europe correspondent to piece all of a that he thought. 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 petty 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 salvini 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 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 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. well 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 salvia me 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. breach the modern cross has become a battleground between north or to use and n.g.o.s operating 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. well the island of lives was has been a constant scene of protests since camps were established to handle the moderate influx large rallies have often turned violent just last week police were called into action to disperse crowds we've spoken to local residents who agree with the government's stance that n.g.o.s are fueling the situation. but 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 and 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 it. well let's take a closer look now at that makeshift camp aggression on the island of liz boss it was originally built to host a maximum of 3000 migrants now the number of people leg currently being kept there is 6 times higher than that with little or no access to health care the united nations has called for urgent action stressing the camp should be moving some of those residents out of areas i mean while the the bigger picture of course the refugee crisis across greece the country that's been on the front line for years is getting worse just last year it was estimated that $74000.00 margaret's reached greek shores more than half of them remain in makeshift camps scattered across various locations and greece doesn't see any end in sight either the countries expected to host up to 100000 more asylum seekers on these islands next year we

heard from regional and local officials in an area heavily affected by the crisis they shared their concerns about some of the humanitarian activities happening there. 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 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. well r.t. has asked several n.g.o.s the comment on the situation was that you know their responses. the world health organization is urging the media not to cause hysteria surrounding the corona virus outbreak after reports emerged citing a medical expert from hong kong warning that nearly 2 thirds of the world's population could be out 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 no. it's only a spark or objective remains containment you coronavirus which has now been named

coffee that 19 has a mortality rate of 2 percent at the moment 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 bowl of virus was also much more deadly than the corona virus all that said though of course against the backdrop of panic and exaggerated reports people of asian descent or increasingly becoming the targets of racist abuse across the world over coronavirus fears we spoke to people in london's chinatown to see if they've noticed any changes in attitude. terrible loss we feel with sadness and sorrow but i don't think people should be targeted or paid off because i. think you. put in 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 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 oldest chinese community group in chinatown has been handling the backlash against the corona virus and the fear factor is clear. i mean. 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 was the. matter because we were standing normally consider it 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 absurd to suppose for young children because i. didn't hear a lot of complaining from the parents the children got picked up.

children just don't understand that student here hear from their own parents when the cool school when they see chinese students or young young children this is so but the mere you because you might have for 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 like something like this happens like there's 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 here i feel like it's just

a very boring hard time right now for the chinese people i feel like using the disease. the way to be easy to solve it is just terrible. if it was someone from the usa i don't think people would treat people americans coming over the same way as they are treated chinese people and chinese students in central crazy i mean we you can see that we got to hear the 1st 2 pieces chinese today other cases in which 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. . u.s.

tariffs are weighing heavy on one of france's most iconic products leaving one wake is pleading for help that awful reports suggest the market is suffering significant losses is a fraud correspondent shot at the grand scheme. 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 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 wind 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 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 that and there is an agreement the damage has already been done and that's because french products are 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. for venezuela's self-proclaimed president receives their own sort of loneliness welcome in caracas on tuesday after returning from a 3 week international tour one worder was met by angry crowds at the country's biggest port and held abuse at him and accuse them of exacerbating the economic crisis goes on or her was there. no let off. it wasn't easy for positionally to one guy do it to return to venezuela he passed border control at the international airport without any problem but he was confronted by airline workers from the company which was sanctioned after why dost trip to the u.s. . we are 2000 people and we are defending our families. he just goes crazy and we're here to defend ourselves there were members of libyan as well in socialist party present and other movements to debunk why don't proclaim himself the interim president of venezuela they shouted that he'd sold out the homeland and

called him traitor. i. was in a moment the situation became more tense when quite all supporters came to the airport to meet their leader. but it. was said that venezuelan president nicolas maduro would visit the airport but he instead made a statement from the palace address and transport work us. there are at that compartment the transport workers i confirm all my commitments do not waste time let's not be distracted by stupidity from traitors of the country. exploring controversial wedding traditions and more shot at for u.k. viewers boom bust this coming our way in just a few by mr. i

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