the syrian army exchanged. looks down on damascus and despite admitting it has a massive battle on its hands against terrorists in the region. violent protests. over the coronavirus of. china. threatens the fundamental journalism and media freedom group. wiki leaks founder. of the united states.

international break of morning 1st for you this friday tensions continue to flare in syria's province where turkish backed militants have fired on syrian army positions near the town of they're up these are pictures from that attack on thursday. and while washington is called for damascus and its backers to face punishments over their military actions in the region that's despite u.s. officials also admitting that has become a haven for terrorist groups. to be a magnet for terrorist groups especially because it is a space in many ways the groups there all of them. hundreds of thousands of civilians who are just trying to make it through the winter. takes a look at how the syria conflict has evolved. pushes coming to shove in syria

turkey and the us russia israel and multiple militant factions all skirmishing in the country and previous motives for warring are fading into oblivion. it's time for assad to get out of the way. we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we beat them badly all that is a thing of the past now as new goals vividly take shape the latest fighting in ad

lib is a mere accessory to the geo political connotation is global and regional superpowers sparring with each other for dominance ideological and moral borders are blurred with turkey a nato country teaming up with terrorists to push syrians out of their own province. 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 with committed to making it live a safe place and the people of the region at all costs militants shamelessly boasting turkey provided a.p.c.'s coming on mosques covered by turkish artillery fire russia's air force joins the party together with syrians repairing the onslaught as. moscow officially asks ankara to hold its fire and so it does to

prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into route 22 of the russian air force at the request of the syrian command have carried out as strikes against the terror groups the salada syrian troops to successful the ripple all attacks but turkey is not alone in this fight while jihadi groups are doing the bloody bidding on the ground washington cheers from over the atlantic that a very good job or say shit with the president her to watch the fact is that he's fighting on it led he doesn't want people to be killed by the thousands and hundreds of thousands the united states will continue to coordinate with turkey on diplomatic approach is to restore a cease fire to the it lip deescalation zone and achieve a pullback of assad regime forces to the $2800.00 so she ceasefire lines the us has its own stake in the syria war and it hasn't signed on very particular and

well predictable prizes from geo political dominance to well oiled we did leave so just because we're keeping the oil we may have to fight for the oil that's ok i like the oil yet a nother act in this conflict israeli jets routinely hit targets on syrian soil it's clear what israel wants to to weaken iran's influence yet another power playing its hand and this massive and messy political gamble unfortunately for the people of syria since 2011 their country has been used as a chessboard on which the syrians appear as pawns and it's somebody else's geo strategic chess board in particular the united states and its allies basically tore syria apart partly designed to topple the. secular legitimate government in syria

the sovereign government the government recognized by the united nations partly to topple that government and partly to claim different parts of syria for themselves syria has an important place in geo strategic we in geographically in this resource rich region of the middle east it also has. so yes what we've seen the tragedy of syria the tragedy of the so-called civil war it's actually a proxy war by international players using the syrian country the syrian battlefield as a proxy battlefield. so it was serious civil war ends as yet another pivotal stage later in this bulletin we're going to take a look at how the united states is criticizing its own military failing to allegedly secure weapons with hundreds of millions of dollars in syria. thanks to fly carrying 73 evacuees from china has caused uproar across 3 regions in ukraine the passengers have been put under quarantine due to the coronavirus clashes broke

out between locals and police as the patients arrived at a health center in the east of the country. traveling from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak the flight landed in the ukrainian city of holocaust on thursday the clashes left temple east offices and 2 civilians injured more on the story now from mounties don't cool too. say some new people moved into the neighborhood they came from wu han the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus pandemic perhaps you'd be worried or angry but it be hard to match the anger brewing in ukraine to just that situation. you.

owe. to ok. for the past several days ukraine has seen violent clashes across the country scores of policemen have been injured by locals throwing bricks riot police have been called in to disperse angry mobs and it's all because the ukrainian authorities tried to do a good deed for the international community they accepted with open arms a number of their countrymen and foreigners trying to flee by plane assuring the public the passengers were 100 percent coronavirus clean an important detail when ukraine itself has yet to see a case of the disease a quarantine zone was even set up at a health center in poltava just to be sure but the protesters did all they could to stop that plane from landing and when that failed they started blocking roads until riot police removed them by force. to her own

you know. the number of. the buses made it to their destination in the end but there on welcome reception wasn't exactly what kiev expected presidency lansky even called out the protesters for showing the uglier side of their humanity it's a shame the not all of us can be proud of the humane reaction the efforts to show funny ways to be. spittles 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 children are not ukraine's protesters don't seem to be up for a game of russian roulette with the coronavirus. media freedom groups are giving

a stark warning about the health of wiki leaks founder julian assange has he prepares for the opening hearing on his u.s. extradition next week that father though is deeply concerned about 2 new intel things been telling all 20. then one of julian's of the 1st appearance in judge borat's is called the judge and julian his name and his birth he was in such poor condition that he couldn't remember this is very unusual for a judge to continue hearing the plea of a prisoner when they come from him of their birth or their. concert consequently we believe that julian or 2 of them immediately sent. in a teacher a little that's what would happen in a stroke the judge would not continue the hearing because the proof prisoner was not well enough. allowed in their voices more than 100 doctors from around the

world are still rallying against britain's handling of the a sound case saying he's being subjected to psychological torture in jail they're also calling on the australian government to intervene to protect its citizens of this is now the 4th open letter from medical professionals the director general of reporters without borders told us this latest chapter is much more than an extradition hearing that distressful the noble this is not just the story of one individual it is about the ability of journalists to publish information relating to state secrets through a sound has been targeted because of his contributions to journalism in 2010 years his work is being targeted because he revealed so much specifically on u.s. military operations in iraq and afghanistan i never saw him g.'s forces on trial in the us if he is extradited this will pose a major threat to all journalism has been nothing short of a dramatic decade for julian assange tracing back to those revelations of wrongdoing by the u.s. military in iraq and afghanistan today on r.t. we're telling his story. i 1st heard about wiki leaks.

from the helicopter footage in iraq. and i think that they are the people. in the u.s. military who have never forgiven him for it this guy is a traitor and treasonous and he has broken every law the united states illegally shoots out of the u.s. really historic to have. independent journalists with these computer to seeing you is a lot of crimes and to a global audience. the idea of developing an anonymous digital truck bombs and applying it to a media organization is what he makes that was the 1st. i didn't the tour anticipate that he would be for a short while the world finally and one of the world's most powerful you use will rise ation when you're in standard founder julian assange in the sun over your son

and there was a great deal of jealous in the mainstream towards him particularly why won't he be more like off that you seem. sneering feces on the walls. smile. we have giuliani in solitary confinement in the prison for terrorists a way that helps a life person the person. i don't want to see him die any less prison. and i think that's what he's facing. cities across germany you have held vigils the 9 victims of wednesday night shootings in the west of the country several 1000 gathered in how to where the tragedy took place mourners placed candles and held up photos of the victims as politicians also get speeches wednesday evenings attack on 2 should balance in the

town is being treated as a terror attack but the authorities saying that the shooter had xenophobic motives . in the wake of the shootings the governing christian democratic union was quick to point the finger at anti migrant rivals accusing the alternative for germany party of having extremist tendencies. even in theater i mention it's fine if you look at their texas profile it seems like he had racist xenophobia as well as far right

motives and this strengthens mean my belief therefore the c.d.u. 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 even if the right wing terrorists if they want to or not they are the ones who give the key. to terrorists and every 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 than

a rational political debate and when i hear yesterday night about that 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 festa of this crazy terrorist and then compare it to what we're doing and then it's all views that it's nonsense it's just fake news and of course we fight against it fake news. you know without the from moscow still had this friday the past comes back to bite britain as the least of the returning some long forth over ancient artifacts and it's all down to breakfast apparently as we reported less than 90 seconds.

seemed wrong. wrong just don't call. me. to say proud this day become educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. she still looks for common ground. bob dylan once said money doesn't talk it screams former republican new york city mayor michael bloomberg is proving this just the sheer force of lobbyist spending has made him a serious contender to capture the democratic nomination are we experiencing peak trunked arrangement syndrome. or. maybe even 40 years ago or simply to. see it coming.

welcome back a tug of war between the u.k. and greece over classical sculpture is seen often fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen however it could be about to change all that with the reportedly backing greece's claim to the so-called good models in brussels could now push britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in the greek capital but the company on display in the british museum in london greece claims they were stolen by lord elegant in the 19th century well the u.k. insists it acquired them legally and it isn't budging. the u. case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural historian wendy earle hand political and social

commentator mo and discuss the links between democracy and the importance of history. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just as awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woke enlightened society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very hard to construct a case when we go around the world stealing stuff and don't go back i think history itself is a very complicated place to go history is complex we do very well in britain education system and so our western media missed telling and misstating it we we don't half pick and choose what and how we tell history i mean we can say that the item and this is the worst of it and stewardship of the tyrants in me we should be trying to we should be trying to have a discussion about this rather than you trying to interrupt me and the point i know it's a case not only do i know he believes there is a history what we can do with these mothers now is continue to learn about history

continue to understand their histories and continue to develop our knowledge by returning them back willy nilly to places that demand them we're not caring for the objects themselves we're not looking at these as. pieces of our heritage of global heritage every single argument you make for keeping them away can be used for returning them i'm sure the greek people you know the home of democracy some great thinkers you might consider will be able to figure out how to display this to the public we shouldn't be just using them as as kind of political footballs all taking them all to taking taking the moral high ground taking the moral high ground we live in a world that is constantly changing and we need to i think recognise that you know that these are bigger than the moment this moment in history my concern is that by not coming under the auspices of the european court of justice we're not going to be held accountable how on earth is the british government ever going to be held

accountable for the sins that it commits as a state at home and overseas if we don't have a higher court to answer. so i think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brecht's it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy it's about sovereignty there's no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think we're in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where we're free of a bureaucracy outside of person that we're not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie or define our lives to run a losing argument. well ok that's your opinion. and you can report accusing the u.s. military of failing to keep track of weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars in syria and suggest the weapons were left vulnerable to loss or theft which has in turn skyrocketed operational costs and also had of

a major consequences to more on that now from kind of morgan. if you were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to send weapons to a foreign country it would probably pay to keep track of them but apparently that's the last thing that was on the pentagon's mind when it came to operation inherent resolve in syria. special operations joint task force operation inherent result person no did not account for the budget is 715800000 of count arses trained and equipped fund equipment for fiscal years 2017 and 28 seen hundreds of weapons were not properly stored to duplicate purchases were made the amount spent went higher and higher now that might give critics of the military industrial complex something to complain about but that's not the crux of the problem here take a listen to this special operations joint task force operation in hebron resolve on 1st that sustainment command personnel left thousands of council offices trained and equipped for and weapons and sensitive equipment items fordable to muscle theft

without conducting consistent inventor reason ensuring proper security for c t e f s equipment 1st c.s.c. could not determine where the items were lost or stolen which could delay the initiation of an investigation so let's be clear they're saying they're not 100 percent sure that these weapons and that up in the hands of isis terrorists but that there's a pretty good chance they did now that should raise plenty of questions especially for those who recall that back in 2718 the so-called vetted opposition was getting stock loads of handouts in weapons from the pentagon. the original fiscal year 2017 president's budget requests to train and equip and fits in syria funds training and equipment for about 14000 part of foods troops from the vetted syrian opposition seems like some of these vetted opposition were not really interested in fighting the i.c.l. terrorists they just focused on their ongoing efforts to violently overthrow the

syrian government one of our partner forces near you know laterally conducted patrols outside of the agreed upon deescalation zone and engaged in activities not focused on fighting isis it seems like american weapons pretty consistently end up not in the hands of terrorist fighters but in the hands of terrorists themselves let's see what's been captured. $715000000.00 can buy are a lot of ammunition now and that much goes missing in

a war torn country that's crawling with terrorists eyebrows should be raised for comparison the republic of the congo and gonna spend less than $715000000.00 in their annual military budgets latvia spends slightly more in $27.00 team approximately $1000000000.00 worth of arms transfers were not properly monitored by the pentagon big mistakes were made in this arm and equip program it partly it's an accounting issue because the pentagon as we know has never been successfully audited they tried to audit the pentagon once and it was an absolute failure. they have no idea where the money goes and that's one half of the problem they just don't care because it's not about the fence it's about 1st of all the military industrial complex the more weapons you lose the more you can buy and it's this kind of symbiosis the the war machine in washington has so that is on one hand but on the other hand i think there's an intentional lack of oversight with regard to

weapons in syria we've seen so many times advanced american military technology in the hands of isis and al qaida and their offshoots in the region there's of been a flood of weapons into the region there are no consequences to the us it's only a benefit to the well politically connected military industrial complex in washington d.c. to manufacture and send over more weapons they don't care about the misery of the people on the ground who have to suffer u.s. leaders frequently describe their operations in the middle east as efforts to stabilize the region but nothing brings stability like going into war torn country is crawling with terrorists bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons and then accidentally losing them mop and r.t. new york and that's how it looks from moscow this hour thanks for watching your next update from in the teams in just about half an hour from now.

i'm. not. when i was. going to get money to even go to meet. the whole business about blaming russia by america is getting really pathetic because here's a guy who's effectively trying to dehumanizing a whole group of people slavic people of the states this is remarkably ironic coming from what white.

hi welcome to sophie visionaries and. my guest today is a true explorer someone who loves to hate the present in order to figure out the future i'm here with architect urbanist writer a thinker ram called in his office to talk about the future of the city and the future landscape. graham it's so good to have you here on our program i've been wanting to ask you all kinds of questions big questions i was essential ones i'll try yes but like i want to start with your exhibit at the guggenheim

that's opening. so it's called countryside the future. and it's really funny you say that because most of the people i've spoken to big thinkers futurologist most of them agree that the future is within big cities that want to win become trees just big cities so when you name it like that do you is it just a concept or do you really believe the future is now and it's of course provocation but it's a very calculating provocation because in 2007 the un said that half of mankind for sleeping in cities may see me from that moment cities are the only thing anyone has been looking at and cities has been what people have been kind of publishing about doing studies about. intellectual concentration is going to cities. the prediction is that. maybe 70 or 80 percent of mankind to live in cities and i think that to. become

a completely absurd situation that we you know who verse are concentrating on very overcrowded kind of situations and that we leave the countryside to be its potential all its beauty all its history its. its nature. and so. it's statement that let it happen and that we need to look at the country again but we have to be prepared to live in the countryside. of course in a totally new way. and we're showing some evidence of that between also showing the need for it but is it a statement that actually offer some solutions i'll tell you i'm saying because like the country where account from it's a huge territory and i see that.