wants to do it so trying new things violating taboos are some of the most common and pervasive elements in our sexual fantasies. tensions flare in syria as a u.s. military patrol is caught in violent clashes near the northeastern city of cash merely while turkey threatens to launch an operation against bashar al assad's forces over it lived. up to only about it ahead of the french president facing a mouse walkout by m.p.'s leaving his ruling party or the same time seems his popularity is crushing in the opinion polls had of crucial local elections coming up. in a grim date on the calendar the german city of dresden commemorate 75 years since the 2nd world war bombing campaign which left an estimated 25000 day coming up we

speak to one man who narrowly escaped school. parents rushed outside and took nothing with 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. there just 04 pm this thursday live from the arts international world news center is kevin owen here for the next hour with this latest update good afternoon from me than the 1st news of the syrian civilian has been killed and another man injured during clashes between american troops and locals near the border with turkey the fighting broke out with a u.s. convoy partly changed its usual patrol route. out of the.

i. love them but. they're gonna go. go go go go go. for more details come through seems residents pelted the vehicles with stones as they attempt to pass through that checkpoint near commish lee according to syrian state media the american patrol then opened fire retaliate should the u.s. military spokesperson said though that in fact the convoy was responding to small arms fire so mixed tales there we do know russian military police later arrived on the scene to try to mediate all tensions also rose dramatically over in northwestern syria on wednesday 2 of the turkish leader threatened military action against president assad's forces in it live with more and all we're going to give our senior correspondent what 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 will understand why turkey which said which paid

armed and trained those rebels is 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 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 this ceasefire 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 edwards. escalation 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. what very strong markers are 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 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 movie which the americans came in and faced resistance from the religious 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 asaad militia and accused 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 and out the 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 agreement on. the 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 the escalation zones on the greenman. if you remember back

in the fall of 20 teen there were 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 or the the m 5 highway 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 and as long as it's doing that there's no way that they're going to meet those obligations and therefore the situation will become dysfunctional very quickly. head of potential actions in france next month president mccrone has a mutiny on his hands and as m.p.'s from his own party abandon ship the french maid is also saying his public popularity hit new lows reporting about the. in 2017 emmanuel. power in france promising a new kind of politics next. party. he went on

to secure a majority in the national assembly but less than 3 years later the wheels already coming off the bus. porton to elections he's facing problems on several fronts firstly his government and many of its policies have proven them popular take pension reform which has sparked protests across the country. those changes haven't only every day citizens even his own m.p.'s have questioned 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 isn't the only one to have done so the only move party has suffered several high profile resignations and defections m.p.'s in 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 emmys a telling them they should be proud of being perhaps a not too subtle reminder that they should fall in line khan's popularity since his meteoric rise to the presidency has long 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 is municipal elections next month. and is also struggled with movements like the yellow vests 15 months on and not only the protest along but they're opposing they accuse mccall 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 stay cool no one said needed a. head of state it seems members of his own party and many citizens disagree with that enough to perhaps bring much and his new politics crashing down solid party paris. politics. many within the on the move party in fact have lost their 1st. or had of course a large majority it's always the case when a president is elected next elections for parliament his party his group gets a large majority. 318 if i remember well members of parliament which was a lot much more than a needed but since then he has lost some 18 or even 19 members of parliament

people of resigned to have left. but as independent many people in his political party don't believe that it is supported they don't believe that michael was interested if his power is personal at least the president and he doesn't work with his party really so we have seen so many people leave 1819 and his majority is eroding so much that it becomes a bit dangerous for him politically speaking in the coming 2 years. from the afternoon here in moscow. the u.n. human rights office has released a list of the companies supporting illegal settlements and israel is not too happy about that at all furious and. we're going to bring you the latest on that and so much more since we're back.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm show business i'll see you then.

i get it's a somber day in the german city of dresden as it commemorates the victims of a mass carpet bombing campaign it's estimated 25000 civilians died in the raids led by the british and american forces 75 years ago to the day since then the intensity of the strikes in dresden though been called into question because the 2nd world war was so close to its end.

and. everything around turned into i see a woman in her hands is a bundle it's a child she runs and falls the child disappears into the plains.

where the story of one man whose parents had the foresight to take him out to dresden shortly before that awful bombing began although he was only 5 years old at the time he still has recollections of what his family went through. the bombing started and the house was on fire my 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 that's why our military story michael jones says the bombing raids on dresden lack precision i'm a carried out on an excessive scale. well that's always been a controversial of and right from the bombing itself on the 13th of february $945.00 dresden was a very beautiful city it was a cultural city so the question was was it really necessary there was a lot of destruction and i think it was excessive and with hindsight it would have been much better for a number of reasons if the bombing raids had been more. and less than thunderous had been you i think the scale of the station was unnecessary and very

regrettable. israel has strongly condemned a new u.n. human rights office report that list 112 companies alleged to have ties to illegal settlements in the west bank the netanyahu administration described the document as shameful though and said it will suspend ties with the international body over it which at this explanation for its 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 these are the 121 officially recognized settlements house around half

a 1000000 israeli settlers and these places offer 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 boy good to to the human rose gone so is a buzz buddy that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this discriminates he and he is really policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions this list included $112.00 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 are only being listed because they are operating within the israeli settlements it's important to note that it is not some claim apply. clist nor does it qualify any company's activities as illegal that would be separate and highly complicated terminations the palestinians welcomed the the united nations list that arrived from the human rights council calling it a welcome diplomatic victory and a sign of the palestinians diplomatic efforts in the international community to confront israel's publishing this list of companies and entities operating in the settlements is a victory for international law and diplomatic efforts the american administration

and out of the deal of the century palestinians call this deal or this peace offering a 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. general b.b.c. in britain has honed against funding cuts or britain's national broadcasters saying it would help russia and china spread lollies 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 system r.t.c. sally has more from london. 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. unsurprisingly they've taken

a at 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 its tool for democratic disruption very easy of course always to raise the specter of nefarious states of broad 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 while perhaps a few shared by the chairman 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 in a number of its own difficulties and scandals in regards to for example sexism and

racism in how it treats staff 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 darva 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 seen on the right accusations towards the b.b.c. that they're 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. auntie jeremy corbyn 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. he said out of there part of our team in london bring you the latest only a full cost when times the b.b.c. of the coming years but that's the way things are looking so far from russia i know it's international from us this hour it's 23 minutes past 4 in the afternoon mosco time so much more of social media so much more naughty dot com you can have your say on that as well of course many of the. one of the stories we got that you have the comment section is always great to hear from we do check it all next programs are lined up few right off the coming break with me time for me kevin i would have nothing more to say than a big thanks for watching and have a super day. i

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on you tube it's a propaganda machine mr walker. welcome to the alex salmond she will return to the subject which has dominated the headlines over the last month the wu hunt corona virus is a global pandemic now inevitable or can the extreme public health measures hold up the transmission of the new virus until such time as a vaccine writes to the risk alex turns to mark one expects whose book pandemic senshi charts the progress of pandemics throughout history does more than science

make them containable or does martin travel make them ever more dangerous. the pope's op anywhere in the world can be anywhere else in the world within 72 hours when there's a domestic hope for travel within china not only that but it has $113.00 known stalked floods to 20 destinations worldwide so that is absolutely astonishing but 1st to your tweets and e-mails on our program on the future of the labor party we are on the rule over the candidates for the leadership election and this is what you had to see caton says well they're barking up the wrong she was least an anti as far as i'm concerned kennie says tory labor no difference james says well after emily's thornby hustings up by s.n.p. she was a plausible shadow pm but she showed her colors with a rant and apology done so it's only seeing sortie after her rant was made public david says remember it's an english labor so called scottish labor is just

a branch of the english party they are told directly what to do and see finally jim says hi alex we all know labor is finished in scotland they stab the country in the back in 2014 they took their voters for granted. now at the beginning of the peloponnesian war in $430.00 b.c. the syrian general paid a cleese thought to keep his people safe and secure behind the walls of athens it proved a fitful decision as a pandemic probably of typhus or smallpox wiped out half of the city's population of $300000.00 far more casualties than even the spartan army could have affected it is an indication that right human history disease has been the real enemy the 20th century saw the a padded to victory of antibiotics or the highly infectious bacterial plagues but vital infections proved it tougher opponent only controllable through specific

vaccines thus 100 years ago the flu pandemic killed up to 50000000 people worldwide 5 times the number of the millions who died and the bloody carnage of flanders field. over the last generation that it's 5 this is killed millions before only recently being subject to sect of treatment at least in developed countries essentially asked to spanish flu are we still at the mercy of another vital armageddon and how does a cut it you could on a virus fit into that pattern to understand the kind of threat we turn 1st to chris smith who runs the nick of scientists podcast and there's a critical for all that just at the university of cambridge dr spoke to the world health organization this week a don't defy the new virus as public enemy number one in your estimation we know in the past but for global pandemic or will this new virus bottom that cell phone like sars before it well this new coronavirus appears to be more infectious than sars is

spreads to more people and in fact if you tot up how many new cases each infected person produces is somewhere between $3.00 and $4.00 and sars was somewhere around about one and a half to 2 so it's at least producing twice as many new cases of sars was so we know that theoretically it can spread quite quite fast and quite well we also know that no one has ever had this before which means the entire world population is potentially susceptible to it because the reason we can't catch things once we've had them before is because you become immune to them if you never have them you know immune to them so you can catch them so therefore what we've got here is a fairly infectious virus which spreads through via the air and that means it's very easy to spread and catch because it's very hard to see it you can't see when you're walking into a cloud of virus in the air and you breathe it in and the entire world is so i think there is a high likelihood that the.