more people. interested in the waters of our. friendship today. tensions flare in syria as a u.s. military patrol is caught in violent clashes near the northeastern city of. while turkey threatens to launch an operation against bashar assad's forces and it probably. president faces a mass walk by m.p.'s living as a ruling party while his popularity crushes in the public polls too at a crucial local election. german city of dresden to commemorate 75 years since the 2nd world war bombing campaign which left an estimated 25000 dead we speak to one man who narrowly escaped the firestorm. parents rushed outside and

took nothing with family the others went back to their flats and they died in the flames in the narrow streets the flames were spreading so fast people were suffocating. they just turned 3 pm here in moscow this thursday live from the out international world news center it's kevin owen here with the latest half hour update good afternoon from me so 1st then to syria a syrian civilians being killed in the other man injured during clashes between american troops and locals near the border with turkey the fighting broke out when a u.s. convoy changed its usual patrol route. you'd rather be able. to get out of a go. go go go to the. residence held

to the vehicles with stones as they attend to the pass through a checkpoint near playschool commercially according to see. syrian state media the american patrol then opened fire in retaliation the u.s. military spokesperson said however that a convoy was we've responded to small arms fire so a conflict of in for the russian military police later arrived on the scene to mediate as we reported tensions also rose dramatically in northwestern syria to a wednesday of turkish leaders threatening military action against persons forces in it live with more on that were gassed you. rebels in the islamists are facing catastrophe in the span of a little over a month they've lost a 3rd of their territory so you have in the 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 and seen with it continuously attacking civilians committing massacres on a kurd in syria might find strange or guns concern for civilian casualties but russia took those accusations seriously pointing out rebels had launched ceaseless drone attacks on the russian base violated this ceasefire again and again and again al-qaeda linked jihad it's 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 that our turkish colleagues have failed to fulfill their obligations to separate the moderate opposition militants from the terrorists in

these areas but every 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. she was very strong we determined to drive back syrian regime forces from our observation posts by the end of february we will do whatever is necessary 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 jeffrey 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 and happened when the american convoy drove into a village where they weren't welcome. this is the move in which the americans came in and faced resistance from the villages people who threw stones at them so they oncet with bullets young man was killed and 2 injured the pentagon in a statement referred to the villagers 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 global affairs analyst patrick henningsen believes turkey should be doing more to deescalate the conflict not the opposite. turkey has not upheld its obligations not on the saatchi agreement but also on the astonished agreement on the saatchi agreement deescalation zones are not going to work if turkey doesn't maintain its side of the bargain and in order to separate the militants supposedly from the regular moderate rebels we know in reality that there is no difference really between those 2 so that part of the agreement is neither here nor there but the because of this there's no way to have deescalation zones on the astonished agreement there are a number of things agreed and one of the key things was that turkey would assist in the liberation of the international road to damascus to aleppo road to turkey has never done that and the reason none of these agreements are working is because

actually turkey appears to be pursuing a parallel agenda. ahead of potentially crucial local elections in france next month president micron's got a mutiny on his hands to deal with that and his employees from his own party abandon ship the french plane is also saying is public popularity hit new lows reporting next from paris about that. in 2017 emanuel my call zoom to power in france promising a new kind of politics with breakneck speed he set up a new party in power to a political base who went on to secure a majority in the national assembly but less than 3 years later the wheels already coming off the bus of important elections he's facing problems on several fronts firstly his government and many of its policies have proven and popular take pension reform which has sparked a huge protests across the country. was

. those changes. every day citizens even his own m.p.'s have. question the plans. the desire for reform and the speed imposed have taken precedence over the government's ability to listen and consult with the fringe she since left and isn't the only one to have done so the only move party has suffered several high profile resignations and defections m.p.'s and ministers who may have once toed the line have begun to question the party's position there was a syndrome of us all being very well behaved because we didn't want to cause problems for the government but today there are lots of members of parliament who don't want to play that role in a bid to rally the troops mark or invited his parliamentarians to the say telling them they should be proud of being amateurs perhaps and not too subtle reminder

that they should fall in line khan's popularity since his meteoric rise to the presidency has along been crumbling recent polls show that less than one 3rd of people in france view him favorably he's so unpopular that voters are expected to hand big gains to marina penn's national rally and 2 green parties in france's municipal elections next month but corners also struggled with movements like the yellow vests 15 months on and not only the protest still on going but the revolving they accused of being the president of the rich a title he has not surprisingly rejected but a new report by france's observatory for economic conditions suggests it's a label that perhaps should stick corn one said from needed a cue for terry and a head of state it seems members of his own party and many citizens disagree with that enough to perhaps bring mark and his new politics crashing down.

party paris. israel is strongly condemned the new u.n. human rights office report lists 112 companies alleged to have toys to illegal settlements in the west bank and that you know administration described the. it was shameful and said it will suspend ties with the international body over it which offered this explanation for the move. finding mission highlighted 10 types of business activities it viewed as being of particular concern given the well established legal nature of the settlements in the occupied palestinian territory and their impact on the daily lives on the human rights of the palestinian people on whose land the settlements have been built and continue to be built the united nations was referring to the israeli settlements that are constructed in the west bank post the 19676 day war. the $121.00 officially recognized settlements house around half a 1000000 israeli settlers and these places are for places of worship homes and

businesses that serve the region for the israelis the israeli reaction towards the announcement by the united nations was met with a furious rage with a plethora of statements coming out from different israeli government organizations these israeli president ruben revel in actually announced that this state this list was shameless and it's reminiscent of dark times in israel's history who have a boy good. to the human rose is a buzz buddy that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this discriminates he and he israeli policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions this list included 112 companies operating in these settlements they included some international companies such as moral solutions however they also included mostly israeli banks however some

american companies like trip advisor and air b.n. b. were also mentioned in the list however the united nations list does not state that these companies are practicing any illegal activity over that they. or only being listed because they are operating within the israeli settlements it's important to note that it is not some claim a blacklist nor does it qualify any company's activities as illegal that would be a separate and highly complicated terminations the palestinians welcomed the united nations list that arrived from the human rights council calling it a welcome diplomatic victory sign of the palestinians diplomatic efforts in the international community to confront israel publishing this list of companies and entities operating in the settlements is a victory for international law and diplomatic efforts the american administration announced the deal of the century palestinians call this deal or this peace

offering pro israel agreement that gave nothing to the palestinians and gave everything towards the israelis this has actually created more tensions between the palestinian authority and the israeli government with these tensions also escalating into live protests on the ground and tensions are only rising in the days to come. international thanks be with us refuted around the world this thursday all the way dresden in germany remember thousands of civilians lost a lot of bombing and world war 2 we've got a story coming up for you one that fled. just before it. that's geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert into a that's quite easily. to keep in mind no assets i mean to

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again thanks for watching out international if she's going to simply go but just to recover just for the break israel is strongly condemning the new un human rights office report that list $112.00 companies alleged of illegal settlements in the west bank has been strong reactions that from israel and we're going to get the thoughts from the national director of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement in south africa thanks carol the light israel's prime minister netanyahu claims that you know it isn't concerned here with human rights he says nothing to do with it's all about disparaging israel what you think about that statement from israel and. well it's the exact same kind of response that apartheid south africa gave when apartheid south africa was placed on a similar sort of black list so there's nothing surprising coming from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu what he would have hoped is that it would be a wakeup call to the israeli government that its occupation of the palestinian territories is illegal and that it should come to an end so that it can enter into

meaningful negotiations so that just solution can be found. politics with israel aside is it likely that any of these 112 business is listed in this new report will end their business activities in the west bank do you think. well we do think that serious action will now be taken by these companies as they would be severe consequences not just by a civil society in various countries across the globe but also by other multinational corporations who wouldn't want to be dealing with companies that are involved in illegal activities so as a boycott divestment and sanctions movement we see this as a great great positive step in the right direction for holding israel accountable for its violations of international law it took a south africans during our struggle against apartheid over 20 or 30 years before the united nations produced such a list it has taken the b.d.s. boycott of israel just over 15 years to get to this stage and so we really do hope

that this nonviolent boycott movement can have an effect on the israeli government in an attempt to bring israel to the negotiating table similar to how a party that africa was brought to the negotiating table big business is like a b. and b. bookings dot com trip advisor invidious others should be on the right side of history and should indeed complicity with it is that it was a violation of international law looking at more reaction from but he. also said the united states' position on settlements is more important than the un's position are you surprised to hear that he gives more credence to what america's about it than the un. well the united states is becoming increasingly and increasingly is relevant to power in some ways more and more these are these this these this shift towards in multilateralism these the shift towards a more progressive countries taking uni taking multilateral positions within the united nations as the united states under donald trump is proving to be only

a country interested in its own domestic policies yes israel is bidding. on the united states but again coming from south africa we also know how are parted so that if you go also hit all its boots on the united states any is there and at the in. ultimately it failed because we do live in the multipolar world with other countries and with other people i want to make a fire that is was also no same because of this publication of the list it's going to suspend ties with the un human rights office in practice and of. the world. well israel is never been a member of the un human rights council israel has never participated in any of the united nations human rights councils that work or to choose is always it's always bando it's always disallowed its members from the united nation to israel to conduct impartial investigations and so israel is acting more behaving as if it's

as if it's doing something as if it's taking a major step in some ways the only thing that it is doing is contributing towards its own isolation by embarking on a self boycott the israeli minister has announced israeli minister katz has announced that israel will be boycotting all those that will be boycotting it and we welcome this kind of position because it's going to lead to the end of these 3 and these illusions current policies as it i submit itself from the international community or kernel. does so for the boycott versus sanctions we will thank you for your thoughts on this big story today pleasures of your program. a big story in from the u.k. we're going to london next tell you about the chairman of the b.b.c. is want against funding cuts to britain's national broadcasters say it would help russia and china spread lauri's the b.b.c. set to lose 200000000 pounds over the next 2 years as its license fees reviewed by the government with an idea to possibly switch to a voluntary subscription systems big news in the u.k.

there's always up for debate easterly in london. people head them for the b.b.c. comes every time the talk about charter renewal and of course more and more this story is coming to their head of course as more stuff online people say they just don't want to pay where is this latest thing coming from those politics of it. yeah it would appear that every time the b.b.c. are faced with these types of challenges they come out fighting although this time it seems they're resorting to scare tactics in order to ward off any threat to their state funding and this time perhaps unsurprisingly they've taken a russia and china. the b.b.c.'s mean competitors or the world funded state backed actors of russia and china who see news as an extension of state influence and a tool for democratic disruption well very easy of course always to raise the

specter of nefarious states abroad trying to infiltrate and influence politics here of course the b.b.c. never engaging in that type of behavior but the chairman of the b.b.c. also going on to sing the praises of his organization and what he says is their commitment to impartiality. as a public service broadcaster not a state broadcaster it has been a beacon of journalistic impartiality and a lifeline for millions living in fear uncertainty and captivity worldwide. well perhaps if you shed by the chairman that is not the same as that shared by many people in the u.k. i mean for a start the b.b.c.'s embroiled been embroiled in a number of its own difficulties and scandals in regards to for example sexism and racism and how it treats stuff and how it deals with pay between men and women for example but also it seems to be

a politicizing of their programming with the very popular victoria dhaba show being axed in the last few months that led to accusations that the government was trying to interfere with their output but also accusations from all sides of the political spectrum we've seen on the right accusations towards the b.b.c. that somehow against briggs it but even more so and perhaps with a lot of evidence behind it according to those who make this claim that the b.b.c. showed a very anti germy corben bias especially in the run up to the election at the beginning of december last year and so it would appear that while the chairman of the b.b.c. wants to defend and sing the praises of the organization and say that this is a vital institution in this country there are rapidly running out of supporters in the country who are willing to come to their defense. of their own future the b.b.c. . from the future to the past

a somber day in the german city of dresden is it commemorates the victims of a mass carpet bombing campaign is estimated 25000 civilians died in the raids led by the british and american air forces 75 years ago to the day since then the intensity of the strikes in dresden has been called into question as the 2nd world war was nearing its end. and. everything around turned into how i see a woman in her hands is a bundle it's a child she runs and falls the child disappears into the flames.

well we have the story of woman whose parents had the foresight to take him out of dresden just shortly before the bombing began and although he was only 5 years old of the time he still has recollections of what his family went through. the bombing started and the house was on fire parents rushed outside in took nothing with them others went back to their flats and they died in the flames in the narrow streets

the flames were spreading so fast people were suffocating it was a simple struggle for survival after the attack no more no less for weeks afterwards the corpses were burned at the old market my father had to help there to from february to the beginning of may they started to clear some rubble and burned the bodies there were $6.00 to $7000.00 corpses burned at the old market 200 meters from here there are pictures of this there were bodies lying around everything was destroyed it was chaos because there were also many refugees from poland and east prussia that's why you don't know how many in fact died because there were so many unregistered people here who were burned the corpses could not be identified. it's been claimed that a staple of the vegetarian diet tofu no less is more damaging to the environment than eating meat according to

a research by one british scientist if you look at tofu which is processed so there is more energy going to its production when you create for the fact approach is not as adjustable compared to meat based products you can see that it could actually have a higher global warming potential than any of the morning gastric animals to get the same amount of protein tofu is worse that it seems is the couch tofu is a soybeans product and source of protein eat by people in asia thousands of years a staple food for many but for livestock farmers in the u.k. it has become a challenge we spoke to the director of the sustainable food trust dairy farmer patrick holden about it. when you look at the nutrition we derived from tofu and you compare it with the nutrition which you could get from grass fed beef for instance grown in the united kingdom where i thought. actually the nutrition per acre per kilogram of the food produced might actually be more efficient and more

sustainable not about whether i should become the can eat meat without asking the questions because it's just as important to ask the questions about the cult elements of our diet as it is about the livestock grettir extinction rebellion need to know more about the difference between unsustainable and sustainable agriculture livestock managed in a sustainable and ethical way are part of the solution or can be part of the solution not only the problem teenage environmental activists going to turn but it was mentioned there just now has long said in fact that life stopped production is one of the main drivers of climate change but one that health scientists we spoke to believe that's not entirely fair. most of that soil is genetically modified and is very reliant on extremely large amounts of what herbicides i'm going to sate and then it has to be transported from south america for example to to europe. the impact is is is is massive and trying to put your fingers absolutely on accurate

figures is difficult but i think we're now in a position where we can say that. removing livestock from the diet overall particularly when that livestock has come from sustainable systems pasture reared animals that are men tending the soil that are also found on marginal lands that cannot be used for arab all farming is actually better for the environment than still relying on exclusively on using soy and maize as a primary staples. so mixed news on that one then that's the way things look in so far from russia today with me kevin oh in for more check out over social media rotty dot com a kind of the savvy what should the hoax guys on the case for you as usual right here right after this break.

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