well i was. going to. even. had lines in our thing russia is called in to help the syrian army repel an offensive in italy province launched by militants with the support of turkish troops. germany more than 9 victims of last night's shooting in trancelike merkel condemns the poison of racism the suspect is believed to have been was believed to have had xenophobia motives and. i. 0 and i see reception ukrainians protest against the arrival of fellow compound treats who'd been evacuated from the coronavirus safety center in china to be held in quarantine in a local health center. hello

they're just gone midnight here in moscow the watching r.t. international. militants backed by turkish forces launched an offensive against the syrian army in the water one province earlier today russian strikes did help to repel them. gave me the details. basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the syrian forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that northeastern province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that the troops the syrian troops on the ground could not withstand it on their own so the ask the russian air force to help out so it did but again that offensive that terrorist offensive was

supported by turkish artillery so moscow had to intervene and reach out directly to ankara and ask them to stop the support to prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into the 24 aircraft of the russian air force at the request of the syrian command have carried out air strikes against the dancing armed groups this allowed the syrian troops to successful the ripple all attacks the turkish ministry of defense has confirmed that 2 of its soldiers have been killed as a result of the airstrikes and 5 more wounded now it is not clear yet who fired those deadly rounds what were the those russian air force or the syrian air force but still the situation is very very explosive given that now 3 independent 3 sovereign states have been engaged in a skirmish effectively in a deadly skirmish and one of those states being a nato ally as well it's been

a rapid escalation hasn't it just over the last day or so how did it reach this point well essentially turkey has been very vocal about the situation in libya and the turkish president earlier one has been telling syrians to get out of to move out of that province behind the troops line that had been pre-agreed back. he's been the one who has been giving deadlines to the syrian army by the end of february then we never going on. demand and saying that there's no deadline they should move to made immediately or the attack or the turkish attack would be imminent. i don't doubt that the operation is imminent in particular we will not leave it to the regime which is not yet understood our country's determination on this issue and those who are encouraging it refuted to making it live a safe place for both turkey and the people of the region at all costs. well it seems the push has come to shove now in the syrian province and interesting lee

turkey has been encouraged from abroad it has been encouraged by its main nato ally the united states the been sort of cheering anchor and saying that they are all along standing by their nato ally also literally hours before the advance whether or not it is a coincidence we don't know but an official nato twitter account an international twitter account posted a promo video saying that we are nato and that's in turkish language now russia has been all along saying that turkey has failed to deliver on its key promise ankara being. one of the guarantors of the peace process in libya has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the syrian government and russia has been saying that it has failed to deliver on this key promise and key tasks so we'll certainly have

a look whether this this mess in today's mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table. ok let's get the thoughts now of brian becker he's the national coordinator for the coalition and he's with this is even a very welcome brian thanks for coming on what's your take then on today's events do you expect similar attacks by turkey in the future. well well turkey is an area one has backed himself into a corner and like caged or cornered animals things can get very dangerous. there is a tendency to lash out turkey is going down a dangerous road it cannot succeed it does not belong to turkey in spite of. empire fantasies it live as a part of sovereign syria. turkey has no right to be there it has no legal right is

not allowed by the syrian government it's not allowed by the un security council resolution thus this is completely unlawful it's illegal more than that as the russians have made the argument turkey as a guarantor along with russia and iran for the syrian peace process said very firmly it committed itself to years ago to help bring the cat the clashes and the in the arms struggle in live to an end it's done just the opposite it has escalated it has used armed terrorist organizations as its own proxies and expanded the turkish military presence in all across northern syria it can't win though and i think maybe unfortunately more turkish soldiers will die or be wounded i hope not but that will be ultimately the outcome will be very bad for turkey just a couple of days ago i would have landed say that he was preparing a major offensive into to think today for sure in syria cool his bluff.

well indeed they did i mean i think the russian intervention with airstrikes at the request of the syrian government which makes it legal clearly stopped the offensive by the turkish forces or their terrorist proxies in the northern part of syria that can happen over and over and over again the turkish military might be bigger than the syrian army but the syrian army has been battle tested it's been in battle for the last 9 years and the russian government since its intervention in syria made it quite clear that the syrian government and its ability to stand to exist as a sovereign power was indispensable in the fight against isis in the other terrorists in syria i don't think russia's commitment to the syrian government has been diminished one little bit what do you think america's position is here because we were hidden from trump just not long ago that he supports to position in syria to move. reports. he had requested

a patriot missile defense system as well from the us is the us really. think it will just continue to pay lip service. well i think i think the trouble ministration is gone through so many backflips in terms of its own position at one time trump said the u.s. must leave syria then said no it's not going to leave syria at one time trump said we should stop endless wars including the war in syria regime change words and then drop 59 cruise missiles on syria without any proof of evidence that syria had in fact used chemical weapons what i think the pentagon is trying to do right now is pull turkey back into the fold of the nato alliance turkey of course is the 2nd largest military in nato it's the eastern flank of nato it's had since july 2016 when the turkish military tried to overthrow heir to one and. one government considered the west to be sort of in on the plot relations between the west and

have gone downhill they've gone south i think this is nato in the us way to try to bring everyone back into the u.s. led fold of course the u.s. led military alliance nato being 1st and foremost do you think there's hope that everybody can get back ran this negotiating table i say that because the leaders of france and germany we're told have told putin they are ready to join to to resolve this crisis we expect that to happen. i think negotiations are the only way to go forward air to one however playing the nationalist card in terms of his own domestic image right now and having committed troops and now some of those troops have been killed he may want to have a few more 'd battle sacrifice a few more turkish lives unnecessarily in this ridiculous quest before he comes back to his senses and back to the negotiating table. yes negotiations still are a viable option and how bad is the rifty thing between to russia now i say that

because we've been hearing that during this offensive by to russia actually called andrew and said please stop and turkey's also said it will continue to buy the russian s $400.00 defense system so it doesn't seem that the situation is that bad between the 2 countries despite today's events. well we don't know i mean yes there is a lot that binds turkey and russia together both on a military diplomatic and economic level but on the other hand once the blood starts to be spilled once people start dying once of both sides have climbed the escalator escalation ladder and that's clearly happened it's hard to come off the ladder it's very easy to get on the ladder to want started this syria and russia met his match the syrian government is absolutely determined to reclaim it lip and reclaim full control over all of syrian territory it does not belong to one so

there is a recipe there for a continued escalating confrontation that would pit syria and russia against turkey and vice versa but there is again the also the road of negotiations i don't think turkey can risk an all out war with syria or syria and russia if no one has wise advisors they should be telling him right now time to stop trying to pull back time to negotiate yet is a very fragile situation brian reunited brian becker national coordinator for the coalition thank you. now italy man he was believed to be leading the call to prayer at a mosque in central london has been stabbed in the neck he reports now from the british capital. all we know so far is the gentleman the mizen is that school at this mosque in central london this is one of the 1st mosques to be established in the u.k. he was reading the call to prayer for the afternoon prayers around 3 or 330 in the

afternoon when he was stabbed in the neck by another person who has since been arrested the 29 year old now or just the gentleman the victim in question is said to be in his seventy's and he's in hospital now where he is expected to survive that attack despite it being the starting attack in the neck now we've spoken to some people who have been inside the mosque earlier this evening and earlier in the afternoon and they say that according to officials here at the mosque the gentleman who's been arrested the man who's been arrested was seen here before he had been a visitor here but had perhaps been seen as somebody of an outsider was suspicious in some way so it's unclear whether this is someone who was an attendee of the mosque or someone who was possibly staking out in preparation for an attack like this in any case the police have released a statement they say they're not treating it as terrorists and at this time but of

course tensions and fears will be high in the u.k. and specially amongst the muslim community. meanwhile says he's in germany of health and chills for the 9 victims of last night's shooting in the west of the country the suspected attackers plaintiff had sent a tinsmith 5 of the victims being turkish nationals peter all of has more details. 2 vigils have been taking place here in the german capital in response to the killings in the western city of now at the brandenburg gate that iconic symbol here in the center of berlin we saw people forming a human chain in solidarity with the people of haiti now also at another location in the city people saying that they've come out on to the streets against racism and t. semitism and right wing terrorism there's also been a vigil taking place in the city of hanau where this incident took place frank falta steinmeier the german president who is in attendance there there have been

other politicians out and about it various events that have been taking place on thursday evening 9 people were killed 2 separate locations 2 she should bars in the western city of head now not far from the major city of frankfurt a 42 year old man who is believed to be the main suspect was later found dead at his home alongside his 72 year old mother eyewitnesses who were there when the shootings took place that she should bars have described the scenes and what they saw and heard don't have such if you have to go i heard gunshots then i ran out and looked in the direction of the she should but i couldn't see anything i mean that the doors were open and people were running out of the other restaurants i heard from my neighbor that someone was shooting at the restaurant around back and told my guests to stay away from the window. i walked with my 2 little kids. who pulled the shooting began through actually 100 meters from the place when i went up stairs

i heard 5 to 7 gunshots. you know i came home at half past 9 parked my car and went upstairs we watch some t.v. then my wife said there was a helicopter hovering overhead and i thought what's the matter we waited a little and then looked out the roof window and saw a large group of police officers. the 5 of them with about 20 vehicles and they surrounded the house it was a strange thing to see out of the attorney general is investigating links to right wing extremism in this case that's after a 24 page manifesto was found in the possession of the main suspect in that manifesto he talks about hatred of foreigners and non white people he talks about the extermination of certain nations in north africa or in the middle east and in central asia it's riddled with racist tropes as well as being full of

a far right ideology searches things like eugenics there's also a video that emerged that was published just a few days ago from this man this 42 year old german man who is the main suspect in the shooting in the shootings in this video which gives no clue that he may have been preparing to take a to carry out this attack he speaks in english it's understood it's being directed towards a u.s. audience and it's full of conspiracy theories really. what we have seen though is a number of politicians coming out in condemnation of this attack also the german chancellor angela merkel saying that there would be a full investigation and no stone would be left unturned. if it's too early to give a conclusive assessment everything is being done to find out what was behind this murder but a lot already suggests far right rhesus not to absolve the attacker he apparently acted out of hatred towards people of different descent religion or appearance

racism is a poison hatred is a poison and this poison exists in our society and has led to many crimes. so the feeling here in germany really one of sadness of mourning but certainly of anger that this was able to happen in the 1st place. peter over there well in the wake of the shooting the chairwoman of the ruling c.d.u. party was quick to bash rivals from the alternative for germany party accusing them of having extremist tendencies in 1000000 theater if you look at their texas profile it seems like he had racist xenophobia as well as far right motives and this trenton's mean my believe that for the c.d.u. you should always be clear not only for the c.d.u. but for all parties in germany that they can be no corporation with a party which tolerates far right extremists and let's call a spade a spade not since i'm on its ranks so we are resolved to have no cooperation with

the f.d.a. in any shape or form it's important to keep the spine was. tentative for germany it's more or less the parliamentary wing of a right wing movement and if not the right wing terrorists if they want or not they are the ones who give the key. to terrorists and collaboration by other parties with the what. but give this party more credibility in the eyes of the followers so we have a level in the public debate that is more of a child and a rational political debate and when i hear it yesterday night about it shooting i instinctively knew that our opponents would blame us for being responsible for it it is completely ridiculous and i can only ask everyone to read that money fester of this crazy terrorist and then compare it to what we are doing and then it's

all views that it's nonsense but no one reads that money 1st $2.00 and so opponent think if they only repeat and repeat and repeat that we are somehow linked to that or that that this terrorist had links to us than enough people would believe in ok maybe it happens but it's just fake news. and of course we fight against that fic news. that his theories are spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the country's nationals being brought back from the coronavirus eppy center in china the flights carrying 73 people evacuated from we eventually landed in the city of harkov now demonstrators there have clashed with police in the town where the passengers are meant to be quarantined. right. was no no no no no no no no no.

oh. god. god. god. so far ukraine has yet to see one case of the corona virus but many people clearly are quite scared of even taking that chance in the region of laval's groups of protesters worse were seen blocking the streets to a major hospital where the passengers were supposed to be quarantined after arriving in the country riot police were quickly sent to the scene they could be seen dragging people from the streets and even some of them were hospital workers themselves now for the past couple days other skirmishers between protesters and the police have become widespread across the country but the ukrainian authorities are saying are trying to reassure people that none of these passengers were affected or infected by the coronavirus about half of them were ukrainian or ukrainian and the rest come from

a number of different countries but all of them have been screened twice before being allowed to board the plane now the government's been trying to find a quarantine area for a while now and amidst all the chaos of these new protests president selenski says that these reactions are not really something to be proud of these reactions to something that was supposed to be a gesture of goodwill to help people in need is a shame the not all of us can be proud of the humane reaction the efforts to show find ways to blow close to those not to let ukrainians back to ukraine we're not demonstrating the best of our character here especially given the majority of the passengers are under 30 to most of us they are almost children now the passengers are bound for a health center in the poltava region of ukraine but with such a negative reaction to something intended to be a gesture of goodwill we'll have to see how similar attempts in the future to fight the coronavirus fair if there are any at all. the u.k.

home secretary has unveiled a new points based visa system the move is intended to reduce the amount of cheap labor cheap migrant labor flowing into the country this is the 1st time in decades the government has been able to take control run its own immigration system after we've left the european union and free movement and low skilled migration to our country which means that we will get migration numbers down and that essential to this policy of a points based system the new system requires immigrants to prove their knowledge of the english language as well as professional qualifications and skills and existing job offer meeting a minimum salary mark would be would also be required and ph d. qualified specialists would receive extra points making it easier for them to gain entry but the new rules would have proven quite a challenge for those who've already made a career in the u.k. i don't know if i'd actually be in this country under these rules would you with

your parents they wouldn't qualify with this is a very different system to what is going on in the past and don't forget this is a point based system you make on the local market. or non u.k. citizens have until now made up a substantial part of the country's workforce with close to a 1000000 immigrants working in the low skill sector in 2018 liberal democrat politician jonathan fryer believes it won't take long though for the new system to reveal its faults. brazier a very dangerous game and the home secretary is playing basically just to satisfy the promise is that the conservative party made joining the general election and to deliver briggs it as it was proposed many businesses have warmed but it's just unreal this stick to assume that you can change the nature of the workforce in the way that the home secretary and presumably the prime minister want this doesn't solve the problem which i think is going to arrive very soon

which is this country needs a lot of people in water for the moment lower paid jobs basically what this new policy is saying is that the sorts of work they're doing often for not very high pay is not being valued maybe they're not being valued as members of our society. in a wage and concrete has lost it's legal paid for damages from the government over a botched attempt to recreate its employees working in russia as spies written off has more to tell us it drains like an unlikely story of a government with quite literally a concrete plan for spying now we gen intelligence a used one of the country's successful companies to snoop on russia but when caught red handed the company has been left empty handed with its hugely lucrative contract ripped in pieces.

early on but double blamed the no we didn't i thought it is for that and filed a case against them but lost now is preparing to appeal we're earning it twill affect the country's business and its relations with russia it will for sure have great impact and are the norwegian company's plan and activities in russia norway has a very hostile attitude towards its business in russia it is unclear whether the alleged

attempt spied in the region intelligence services were successful or not but the company had been the only one to get the hard to win contracts with russia that surprised many people from. tough guys when i was minister of foreign affairs we were in contact with them he struck me then that there was actually no one who succeeded in russia except for one they did not come from the russian neighboring region nor did they have any other natural conditions for success in the more months but they got it it seems that the battle is not yet over not until the courts final decision is set in concrete watching r.t. thanks for the company tonight more news in 35 minutes. i'm max kaiser one more of my guide to financial survival this is a fun it's

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