it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and results obviously catastrophic. tensions flare in syria as the u.s. moves pearcy threatens to launch an operation against bashar al assad's forces over . you and human rights officers attentive odd over 100 companies which it says are supporting illegal settlements in the west bank provoke israel. in the u.k. is the b.b.c. faces threats from government cuts its chairman highlights the growing influence of countries like russia and china. on the german city of dresden commemorate 75 years now since the 2nd bombing campaign which left an estimated 25000 dead coming

up we speak to a man who narrowly escaped that firestorm. parents rushed outside and took nothing with others went back to their flat and they died in the flames in a narrow streets the flames were spreading so fast people were suffocating. other just 16 pm in moscow this thursday live from the arts international world news center and kevin owen here with the latest 30 minutes up they were good evening for me and the rest the team 1st violence broke out between an american military convoy and armed individuals near the northeastern syrian city of wednesday leaving one person dead state run media in the country say the victim was a civilian a claim the u.s. is disputing the fighting erupted when a u.s. convoy changed apparently its usual patrol routes and was held up at a checkpoint. rather

but. to give them a go. they. all residents pelted the vehicles with stones as they attempted to pass through that checkpoint couple of versions here according to syrian state media the american patrol that opened fire at retaliate but a u.s. military spokesperson said however the convoy was responding to small arms fire we can confirm russian military police later arrived on the scene to mediate we reported that yesterday tensions also rose dramatically in northwestern syria wednesday too after the turkish leader threatened military action against president assad's forces overdid live with more and all is. a senior correspondent. 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'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 in fact militants are using with it continuously attacking civilians committing massacres on a kurd in syria might find strange of the guns concerned 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 this control 90 percent of the lip 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 ever god 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 an 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 answered 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 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 on the saatchi agreement 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

a stunner agreement. 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. in human rights office has released a report identifying $112.00 companies which it says a supporting illegal settlements in the west bank the funding is a come in for criticism from israel though it's called the document shameful and suspended ties with the podium over it. who have a boy good boy good to to the human rose guns who is a buzz buddy that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this

discriminatory anti israeli policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions the united nations was referring to the israeli settlements that are constructed in the west bank post the 19676 day war. the 121 officially recognized settlements house around half a 1000000 israeli settlers these places offer places of worship homes and businesses that serve the region for the israelis 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 of 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 know that it is not some claim a blacklist nor does it qualify any companies activities as illegal that would be a separate and highly complicated terminations 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 the palestinians welcomed 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 administer. gratian announce 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 but earlier today i spoke to mohammad decide he's national director of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement in south africa he says he hopes the new report will encourage businesses to end their support for west bank settlement . as a boycott divestment and sanctions movement we see this as a great as a great positive step in the right direction for holding israel accountable for its violations of international law it has taken the b.d.s. boycott off is the deal 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 in this complicity with the is that a violation of international law. in britain the chair of the b.b.c. has warned against funding cuts to the national broadcasters so you would help russia and china spread influence b.b.c. set to lose 200000000 pounds over the next 2 years is license fees reviewed by the government with an idea to possibly switch to a voluntary subscription system covering that story for us from our london bureau easterly. 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 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 in

a tool for democratic disruption 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 german 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 is going to be. journalistic impartiality and a lifeline for millions living in fear uncertainty and captivity worldwide well 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 and how it treats starr fan and how it deals with pay between men and women for example but also it seems to be

a politicizing of the 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 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. he's run a reporting there from london to the leafy green heart of great britain where this

with journalism broadcaster neil clark to see where he thinks the b.b.c.'s go in there it was only just a couple of weeks ago that he will now go on culture secretary critical to be big reshuffle in britain today said that if we see is just outdated this whole license thing is a piece of history and the b.b.c. to up its game do you agree with that it is a great institution. i think it is i speak regular guest of the b.b.c. as i have in the gallery is the seat i sit. straight and that we this is of the b.b.c. have had family members that were the b.b.c. over spirit of history i think particularly in the sixty's and seventy's and eighty's it produced some extraordinary good television programs great comedies fantastic wildlife documentaries and other documentary series i think the problem has been really in the last i would say 10 years or so it's been with its political programming i think that that's where a lot of discontent lies we heard easterly talking there about people believing or

thinking but not without evidence that that there were a lot of biased but sample against europe we called it right the labor party in the last election i think a lot of b.b.c. current affairs programs like newsnight can be scrutinized for virus i think that's where the problem's been certainly in regards to some of the public falling out of love with the b.b.c. certainly not being with its wildlife program that david attenborough any of that stuff which is excellent people like that to spot goes down things and forwards every charter and all disney every time they look at up in the license fee and there's constant argues going backwards and forwards of this argument that you've got to spend money to get quality original programs but the other argument these days well there are so many channels why should someone almost overnight in force poll tax on them now the chairman of the b.b.c. is saying if the b.b.c. is weakened if it doesn't get the money we'll get biased news coming in like american news channels he worries it will divide the u.k. could the u.k. cope with the b.b.c. . i think it would be hard i think we've got to be careful there's

a number of again this here i've been critical of b.b.c. pretty good output in the last few years but i think it's important that we don't go from the you know just from the frying pan into the fire so to speak then we know that for example the rupert murdoch media empire has been very keen if you like to always be critical of the b.b.c. not to say they've got their own media interest for that they've got their own vested interest that so the number of agendas going on the license fee many people believe it is outdated this idea that we could go to jail for not paying it as a method of funding i think we as a you know as you said in your intro it's under review again and i think it's a saudi government of this for the geopolitical period really going at it and i mean any ill we've talked about the b.b.c. internally in britain i mean for a cameo as well to the b.b.c. world service most of them push out from the front 5 years before here great institution now the argument again at the time is that the b.b.c. had the broadcast abroad to counter propaganda now we're hearing today b.b.c.

saying propaganda from the likes of china from the likes of russia are they really that important is it such a problem no i think the funding so i don't know about the chinese a c.c.t.v. funding but i know from reading articles reports that in fact the b.b.c. as a whole gets more funding than r.t. gets so i think that's a bit of a red herring so to speak i think it's sad that he's felt that charities to oblige to make that comment to get that to get russia because it really is and should really be about that it should really be about do we need a public sector broadcaster i think we do and how is that public sector broadcaster funded think that that should be the province of the debate not get into this stuff about oh you cut off funding the russians are going to benefit the chinese that isn't really what it should be about it should be about this debate about how we fund the b.b.c. going forward and why we go here and i do think we do need a public service the public sector broker certainly there were. look at the moment with the current government of boris johnson it's looking great for the b.b.c.

is it but this fight is no go on and on and on you're going to leave it there thank you very much for joining us mark for the good news your thoughts on the future. and thank you for joining us to plenty more to come off the break this thursday on the way dresden in germany remembering the thousands of civilians lost to allied bombing in world war 2 we hear the story of the fled. just before it started. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spilling dramatic developments only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. with

2020 the global potential pandemic here and people's fear is compound by the fact that nothing in the global economy is encouraged. so you have this paranoia by just orientation in a world around any kind of solid anchor and it's only going to get more chaotic. again when i was still in charge of migrant leader in italy said to stand trial on charges of holding more than $100.00 refugees at sea for a week last august may recall that story to the senate seat in rome voted for

leaked party had my tail salvini to face a court hearing over it so video struck a defiant tone in the wake of the vote. i feel is my duty to the country the italian people and to my children i want to be proud of what i did 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 was not a right but a duty for me. when i was so very sound to my green policy that saw him gain popularity beating now prime minister. in the polls in 28 italy was among the country's most impacted of course by the migrant crisis at the time.

let's go to italy get thoughts on this from jessica jubilate joining us from the future of the nation movement a conservative think tank hi there thanks to life without international of the sea or do you think about the senate decision that decide to send salvini to trial good or bad movie or. good afternoon and thank you for the invitation i think it is a said for our democracy i mean it was a minister who was a minister of the republican and the holy try to defend our national interest only try to defend our borders and this is a political. party the democratic and the 5 star movement so now in italy we have how you know maybe the leftist government in the republican and this government try

to attack in a political way so we need because every time that. center right the election during the election but maybe a separate for him in a romagna election in the. election every time this center right and libya are the force political party so now with up and it's evident that the left can defeat the salvini during their normal election and wanted to defect salvini political dark and wanted to prosecute salvini with the process in the next day so i think that is a very said what about the actual practical argument sort of you would vote what about the practical argument that not letting these boat dock this boat dock use putting lives at risk that's that's what his critics their points are not. i mean also we need. to defend our borders and try to do that they

say that with their green meant of prime minister content and also means agreement of. the my your so in the next weeks in the next month we'll have a process where salvini called to testify there's a whole sword. and for so many this is a dish easily made by the government not really needed by holy salvini that's a very important to point to because the let's say that salvini decides to stop the meat runs for 2 or 3 days inside the. venue say that it was a dish easily made by himself as an easter but also made by. and. he lost his parliamentary ability we've got to where we are at the moment are you surprised by that was he surprised. i mean. it's not a surprise because in our you know in a little in parliament the majority of the parliament is the leftist i'm giora t. instead of the majority of the talent people in this. easter

e. right people are center right people so in the parliament the majority part of these are democrats a core 5 star movement and also some small leftist party decide to vote against their salvini league get decided not to vote and they had a center or right party like fratelli tahlia or 40 decided to vote against the decision made by this government politics nuclear always colorful the spot or other going all roads looking great beyond you today by the way for which is could you play for the future of the movement. thanks kevin on the program appreciate it. ok to darker things now and a grim memory a somber day in the german city of dresden as it commemorates the victims of a mass carpet bombing campaign way back though it's estimated 25000 civilians died that day 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 a 2nd world war was nearing its end. and . everything around turned into i see a woman in her pants is a bundle it's a child she runs and falls the child disappears into the plains.

we heard the story of a man whose parents had the foresight to take him out of dresden shortly before the bombing began and although he was 5 years old at the time he still has recollections of what his family went through that. 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. was a grim end to this bullet him but remembering what happened 75 years almost the way things are looking from russia so far today much more on our various social media 90 dot com i'm kevin a big thanks for watching richie ended run the world have a great day in our mind mexico here right after the break.

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assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. the holder doctrine eric holder former attorney general under obama this is the idea that banks are systemically important they can't be processed because this would be a danger to the society as a whole but what's remarkable is that this idea has bled over into other industries so now boeing has a major scandal on its hands and it's claiming that a systemic way important in the law doesn't apply to us other agricultural companies are saying now we're systemically important we're above the law now that is leading to bionic kleptocracy this becoming i think it's a stock or c. is the right word it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and results obviously catastrophic.

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