sudden flare up in the syrian conflict turkey is said to carry out against government targets in the province and carouse there is 33 turkish troops have been killed in northwest syria. a.b.c. news suspends one of its veteran reporters after he appears on a secretly recorded video slamming his network and outing himself as a socialist. rival to bernie sanders in the race for the democratic us presidential nomination result the 2016 play book suggesting he's backed by russia .

i will welcome you watching r.t. international with me. now so ok is that to be carrying out attacks on the syrian army in northwest syria follows the death of $33.00 turkish soldiers in italy a province according to turkish officials dawn of takes a closer look at this sudden escalation. situation in the northeastern syrian province of idlib has been hated so far and lately turkey has been saying that more than 30 of its troops have been killed they say that the fire has originated from the syrian army now again just a disclaimer all that we know so far comes from the turkish side the syrian army is yet to comment but turkey is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying is that it's the syrians who have killed their troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies

turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way turkey is looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be in gauging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in ne ne in syria and especially in they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as a terrorist now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terrorist groups and terrorist groups in their advance at the syrian army positions in. so this is what turkey has been doing so far and they have been giving deadlines to the syrian army as well saying that they should leave the province

that they essentially should get out of syria that the syrians should get out of syria or at least out of that particular province so it really shows how comfortable the the feel in that particular part of that country but turkey has been engaged in dialogue and in. and in talks with russia a big round of talks issue for the 5th of march so we really have to look forward to that date and to see whether or not anything will come out of those particular round of conversations because russia has been saying that turkey has essentially failed one of the he promises turkey being a guarantor one of the grand tours of the peace process and. russia has been saying that essentially turkey was was tasked with creating

a clear distinction between radical groups who just want to fight and more moderate ones who are ready to engage in dialogue with the syrian with damascus and so russia has been saying that turkey has failed to do so and essentially the talks the new round of talks is set to come on the 5th of march that round of talks is said to. make it clear whether or not the countries russia and turkey are ready to move forward when it comes to sitting behind a negotiating table. well the latest now with our legal analyst and if it demands to work with the program it's great to have you with us as it is that how far do you think this escalation between taking in syria could really go. hopefully it will be put to base specifically a by russia or between russia and turkey i know that the syrian regime has been trying to defer namely to to russia on some of these matters they don't want this

to get out of hand they don't want to certainly don't want to upset russia who's been there who's tried to aid them to try to sort of act as a moderator in this but certainly this this should not go far but again this is a very complicated situation i mean of starting back before 2012 we were looking at an escalation and certainly on the part a lot on the part of the obama administration who armed a lot of these rebel groups which ended up becoming insurgencies and filled with extremists and then at some counts they were numbered to over 170 different extremist groups and so this is a very difficult task ahead specifically for turkey i mean russia has provided turkey with the authority with the autonomy in that province of it live to. itemize which of these terrorist groups or which of these groups are actually terrorist groups and which of these groups are ready to negotiate and that's going to be difficult because i'm sure that turkey and the syrian regime and syria would of course probably label different groups as as terrorist so it's going to be a difficult process to begin but hopefully there can be no more escalation i think

despite what some of these media outlets specifically the new york times being the worst today in trying to miscategorized the situation the most important thing to note is that both turkey and russia especially do not want a hot escalation of this they are trying to work together and so it's going to be of course up to turkey who has the ability now the power now to state which of the groups are going to work with and which of the groups they're going to try to oust from the region would be claims from turkey are the syrian authorities are committing crimes against humanity what do you think is going on. and that's a difficult thing to say again we haven't seen any evidence the only evidence that has actually come out from this is is the turkish state agencies who have stated how many. people have died but again there we don't have evidence we don't have facts we don't know how these attacks occurred who carried out the attacks who gave the orders it would be hard to assume that anybody else gave the orders besides

forces in the area obviously but it would be a hard case to make to say that russia did that the new york times has already had to reject a story retract the story and issue a correction that they were wrong that russia had anything to do with this because it just goes to show that nobody knows what's happened yet i even i couldn't guess who's carried out these attacks again as you stated there have been over a $170.00 rebel groups in the area many of those have been extremist groups and the really the situation is a mess and so to stay with certainty that it would be the syrian regime that carried out these attacks is going to be a difficult claim for turkey to make unless they can back that out now force that they're coming under artillery fire with weapons that some of these rebel groups might not have then maybe they can make a better case but again we're still going to have to wait to hear reports from all sides that have been involved in certainly for many satellite imagery that's been there on the ground well having said that we haven't heard from damascus yet but the u.s. state department has already made a statement in support of turkey why is washington so quick with its reaction.

or and that sort of been the that's been the position of the united states specifically since withdrawing from syria and it wasn't really a slight to anybody else but i mean that is the nato that is sort of the nato position there is that the you know turkey is a nato ally it's an important nato ally and the u.s. has made very clear that they are they support turkey in this matter but they can also support turkey in this matter without going against russia and any way by say we're going to stay out of this which actually deescalate the situation by these 2 major superpowers the u.s. and russia not being involved in gauge the same complex on different sides but the u.s. is has been an ally of turkey and they want to try to show that almost like they're giving turkey an opportunity or a chance to really take control of their region their borders their to. tory's and make good on efforts to continue negotiating with russia russia has shown a desire to come to the table with turkey and to talk but the us is not going to escalate decision situation any further they are just we're keeping to our grounds

we're keep to our status that turkey is our ally in the region we support their statements and what they say and until there is evidence that comes out that prove otherwise the u.s. is going to do that but again even if supporting turkey the u.s. has made those statements and reiterated those statements that the u.s. will not reenter syria thank you for joining us on the program legal analyst and if i had to master. one of the news of investigative outlet project very task has gained a reputation for landing mainstream media in hot water and this time it's a.b.c. news one of its veteran reporters has been secretly recorded slamming his both is on the world of t.v. news in general. being always. going to be. wrong. a.b.c. news was quick to respond the network said any action that damages its reputation

or for impartiality harms not just a.b.c. news but also the individuals involved the network has suspended the correspondent for an unknown period of time and said he'll be kept away from political coverage upon his return however project various house believes the real reason for the punishment was the funds they reported lifted the veil on his own political views. because it. was not. wrong. it just shows how we're you know. the media's attitude toward socialism is just complete attack towards a very evil they don't want anything to do it she just meant health care in corporations so he didn't he's not an actual you know he's a marxist you know like me you believe he was just saying we need some reforms and that that apparently is too radical or at least the label socialist but i mean you

know the liberal label i think is the problem what they're really afraid of because they know our popular it's getting. while a.b.c. news is going through some tough times one of its rivals fox news is celebrating the highest viewership in its entire history but that's and that's also partly thanks to president trump the state of the union address now folks that easily wins the gold for highest primetime ratings with 3 and a half 1000000 viewers tuning in and with n.b.c. so it's in 2nd with 1780000 while c.n.n. completes the pack with a little over a 1000000 viewers so why are we giving you all these numbers well if we compare the figures to february last year it appears that c.n.n. has lost viewers to the tune of 3 percent and us n.b.c. is down 9 percent so gary again believes the loss of support has a lot to do with the networks is anti sound as biased which has not sat well with socialists in the country. republicans they already saw i miss n.b.c. c.n.n. i miss you and d.c.

as the liberal media even though let's let all of us liberal technically but then you have when they start attacking the leftist candidate bernie the only leftist candidate who's running was most popular one then the whole left the people the press observed beginning to lose faith in the media as well so the only people who are really for m.s.n. b.c. are like the upper class a bush was the are the people are the urban elite since they call them the most upper middle class. types in the cities because you know i don't hear anyone in everyday life saying anything good about imus n.b.c. or and b.c. or c.n.n. the main network that's been the nicest to have sanders is fox and that's probably because fox thinks that bernie is the easiest to beat which is ironic because it's the complete opposite he's the one to probably be trump and you saw chris matthews apologizing for calling her attributing bernie's victory in nevada to the

nazi victory over france $940.00 you're seeing some of them taking some steps back and doing that because they're just losing popularity drastically. when i make a super tuesday that's when u.s. democrats in 14 states choose their preferred candidate for president but the latest poll showing buddy son this leading a 9 of those states his wife falls a crying foul they allege his success is all part of a clever kremlin strategy donald course looks at whether the russians have been rivals. good news comrades our agent bernie sanders is doing better than we expected in the primaries are planned to have 2 agents fight over the presidency operation hammer and sickle is a go but we have one problem some in the democratic party establishment are becoming savvy to our strategy vladimir putin thinks donald trump should be president of the united states and that's why russia is helping bernie sanders get elected so he'll lose to trump it doesn't help that just last week western media

published information about our top secret operation exposing the connection between agents trump and sanders with our center in moscow as you learned tonight and today and yesterday the day before is going to have we're going to war help coming from learn to be prudent. through. your health provider to do want somebody who didn't think can be from at least age and trump was able to follow orders admit nothing deny everything and make counter accusations it was highly exaggerated. and frankly i think it's disgraceful and i think it was a leak from the intelligence committee our house version and i think that they leaked it i think probably shipley good agent sanders on the other hand really dropped the ball he panicked and that is the ugliest thing they're doing is they are trying to cause chaos the trying to cause hatred in america it's an ugly business and all of us have got to say sorry you're not going to do this in the

selection and again is present in the united states. you will not interfere in our elections and the order was to deny sanders deny but he broke under pressure blowing the cover of our moscow back to bernie bros i design these people they are not part of our movement all of us remember 2016 and what we meant what we remember is efforts by russians and others to try to interfere in our election and divide us up. i'm not saying that's happening but it would not shock me the center has good reason to believe agent sanders has been compromised we're losing control over his actions and he's praising our strategic allies too openly you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a massive literacy program it's not a bad think it's only a matter of time before they discovered the interview agent sanders gave to profit i mean r t what effect do you think you can have on your voters it was so close here in iowa well i just hope that people take

a hard look at the real issues impacting their lives to make matters worse we may have a mole in our midst how else could the footage have been leaked remember when the comrades recruited sanders at the new year's party of 1980 bernie spent his honeymoon in there in soviet russia i mean i think you're going to go back and forth about who's more in the tank with russia it's a really hard one between barney and rob we have made too many tactical blunders as it is and western pundits are already undergoing a campaign to discredit our agent obviously we know the russians are continuing to try to choose our next president like they chose our last president the russians don't want me to be the nominee who spent a lot of money on boats on facebook and they've been taken down say biden is a bad guy they don't want biden rule in politics pick your opponent and putin and trump are picking their opponent the happiest person right now it's about one in moscow time this thing is going very well for blair we have to promise you. probably stay up watching us right now are you doing our rivals already know too

much comrade commissar i think it's time to extract our agents. so many top court has lifted a ban on commercial euthanasia says those critics of a right to die will be exploited for profit pays all of it takes a closer look at the ruling and the reaction is try to get. almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the constitutional court in college shura said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services 'd what this ruling from the constitutional court means is that that's being overturned and not only could companies offer nice in asia but that advertising that they could also stop being seeing the thinking

behind wednesday's court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme paying and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within palliative care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal service anyone who allows you to nature will sooner or later make it compulsory to die especially in this society is economize design as knowledge of experience across all other countries shows that supply creates demand immediately following the ruling politicians are asking what situations this will be allowed in also what the commercial implications would be for companies wanting to get involved in the euthanasia business i want clear rules about when medical assistance in particular is allowed and when commercial offerings are excluded i

asked people here in berlin what their thoughts are on the ruling the way that this is right for germany it's not a commercial thing dying it it's something that needs care security it needs. yes professionalism i think there are certain things that you cannot put to sale to people like it's not a business. before i die yes i don't want to commit suicide but i'm suffering i want to end my life you cannot do that to pay for it seems to me there was very bad incentives there if for example that advertising was actually targets people who were already having a hard time it could lead to people considering suicide more strongly i don't disagree with the physician assisted suicide just because like there are certain aspects that are beneficial for it but in terms of the advertising i could go either way like a really it depends on who is in control of the promoting this kind of thing is for me the progress currently within a year of belgium the netherlands looks

a book and switzerland all allow assisted dying but with germany said to joy in the concerns are about that what is one of the most sensitive of subjects could be set to become a business opportunity teacher all over the in. the u.k. government is withholding research on gangs that gloom victims for sex it was commissioned after a spate of child exploitation scandals here's how the home office explained his decision not to release the findings we recognise that this topic in general and any insight and learning matters of strong public interest although it does not necessarily follow that it is in the public interest to disclose any specific information relating to it for 5 years of abuse at the hands of the of british grooming gangs of accused officials of inaction and empty promises we spoke to one of them. that my me what i was 40 he was 24 years old and he was known to. be

a very dangerous person. mentally physically and sexually and also into committing crimes as well and that's another part exploitation that many sell and be subject to so i went to the police when i was 16 and it happened unfortunately but again i went to the police when i think about 27 years old and i didn't feel to parse it again so i contacted journalists from a newspaper and i told him everything that happened and i gave him a lot sedition you know pieces of evidence to prove what i learned and he published my story in august 2013 and it was actually because of that where the criminal investigation into that starts. with the 1900s of spectators victims of child sexual exploitation were reportedly identified by like law thirties and 2018 to $19.00 security increase on 5 years earlier the u.k. government is found to take action to prevent such crimes from happening and

investigation into the problem of grooming gangs was announced by a side of it when he was british home secretary and 2018 now he pledged he would not let its cultural or political sensitivities get in the way but victims say the decision not to publish the probe's findings leaves them with many unanswered questions. i think it's a disgusting decision and it is definitely in the public's interest you have thousands of children that are being abused exploited i'm going to cry it's over sexual acts and we want to know why this is. still happening a why these people are being allowed to get away with it there's clearly something in that report that the government doesn't want us to know about because if they didn't want us there was no we should they just really say so the fact that they're making excuses and things like weak excuses well to say it's not a dowry chest so the fact that now

a good many say well actually we're not even good at least the standings. you know i think is a real blow to his victims were requested comment from the u.k. home office and have yet to receive a reply we also got reaction from child protection activist tony bugel she says the decision will undermine trust in politicians. this report was promised. and again they found them and just think that they're making excuses and all they've done is they have gone back on the word that they gave to victims of these crimes it's a combination of political correctness i think it's a cultural sensitivities i think it's fear of what they believe grace is and people in this country don't trust politicians anymore without being able to see what's going on we don't know if we're being lied to again and that has to stop it and the political correctness of having this this we fear

a backlash well you know what we fear goes being right. the greek island of les paul's has been paralyzed for a 2nd day due to a general strike it was called as part of local opposition to the government's latest plans to create new refugee camps there were people join a march chanting slogans against the current situation existing count on less currently holds around 20000 migrants or there was only designed for 3000 lives week several rallies against the building of more likely and can't turn violent the government thanks extra police there but the move only made islanders more angry. with the fight continues nothing is over struggling to prevent the construction of any closed or open prison last night was a big win for the people of course who repelled the landing of the government's repression forces on the island of lesbos terrorizing us want to work they said and tried to police to repress their own struggle to continue one no closed or open

hotspot or anywhere the government managed to unite all the people of los abuse against its policy which would great a large warehouse of refuge and migrant prisoners. would demand that no new camp is constructed on the islands the immediate removal of the existing cams. the closure of the morea camp receive guarding the borders and the regulation of. our lives have been destroyed. on wednesday violence erupted as protesters rallied in a military camp on less boss islands they tried to attack police officers with stones of less local media reports say on the same day around 60 people were injured mostly police the greek government says there is only one solution. but there is no alternative to the government's plans to build a closed structures to accommodate refugees and migrants for many pm professor of e.u. institutions at the university of crete no c.s.

maria yes i think that athens needs to redouble its efforts to deal with the michel an influx. the majority of. my grandson in lesbos are not asylum seekers they are. economic immigrants what the people in ireland say is that the government should save god more this and don't sort of the god one has. to go on. with the examination over the applications and also the government has to start of the stations we have a new decision from the european court of human rights and it says that any person . in the area of sigint then the government has the rights to deport them immediately so i think the government has to be more active on the issue of the importations think such

a thing on say international went by the top of the hour with the latest headlines for you that. i'm going to fulfill that promise is possible for the people. you know we've. read.

you want to. no. all. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the decision. every song came to a complete. the day that i was right. you know told a shot to kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me in. my own . right mean. if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation it's probably somewhere near about half

a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing happen but i've never seen trauma like i've seen women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished and the offender and almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of violence male sexual predators for the large part of whoever is there to prey upon whether that's a man or woman. greetings and so you should all right pop quiz talk watchers what happens when you take 2 of the most despised groups by voters in the united states to

a big pharma and the one percent then you know mix some all up. together with one of the biggest sky is falling cable news stories of the year the coronavirus epidemic well i think it would look a lot like what came out of the mouth of u.s. health and human services secretary alex a czar when he testified in front of the house energy and commerce committee this wednesday on capitol hill you see as our one when questioned by the u.s. representative body illinois jan schakowsky about whether vaccines or treatments for the coronavirus will be affordable and fairly priced for all us u.s. citizens he offered up this rather curious response if i could just reaffirm then you're saying for sure if fordable for anyone who needs it i'm saying we would we would want to ensure that we work to make it out of affordable but we can't control that price because we need the private sector to invest the priority is excellent and there again is racing to get us there is just 2nd.