the russian ministry of defense has confirmed that turkish troops were among the militants fired on by syrian government troops and it looked province on thursday claims 33 of its troops were killed and if more are killed turkey will give migrants a free pass and to europe its officials warn hundreds are already making their way through the country toward the greek border. also this hour as bernie sanders surges in the polls one democratic billionaire donor tells the party to unite behind anyone else claiming the socialist senator can't be donald trump we'll look at whether the road to the white house is paved not with votes but dollar bills.

you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 1 pm welcome to the program we start with the russian ministry of defense confirming that turkish troops were among the militants fired on by syrian government troops and it lit province on thursday also insists there were no air strikes from the russian side ankara says 33 turkish soldiers were killed and it live responded by hitting syrian army positions from the air not to discuss this further we're joined in the studio by my colleague hala corner once again talk us through and break down what exactly has been happening in syria well jacki for the past several months the syrian army has been gauged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say. they weren't

even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike. on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations what are the sort of reaction have we had from turkey well initially the turkish authorities said that less than a dozen troops had been killed in this air strike but that number soon jumped to 33 and our anchor also called for

a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened. turkey is determined to continue to it fulfills 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 now a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a cease fire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that cease fire with this offensive against the militant stronghold an adlib and on the other hand syria. russia accused turkey of not

holding up its end of the bargain apparently ankara was supposed to remove terrorist groups from the region while negotiating with the more moderate groups but making a firm dividing line between the 2. possibilities between groups there but the efforts that it's made to that effect have been quite ineffective and more talks are scheduled in march actually between iran and turkey and russia on the issue so we'll have to see if that yields any results of that can solve the crisis currently going on in this year in province and we are just now hearing from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov speaking about wanting to come to an agreement with turkey when it comes to what's happening and live and they also called for uniting prevent any further escalation in that area still be following that closely artiest on a quarter of the q. so much for bringing us the latest on that. and we're not actually going to cross live to attorney and middle east expert for more analysis how serious is this latest escalation do you think. thank you for having me yes

it's getting very serious because now we have a few weeks ago we have 6 to me is that now we have iran for 23. we've had it there today and started some bombing in northern syria so it might get dangerous and turkey is trying to get to bring the nato countries to support them as you're a journalist said they want to do one other action the article 5 of these they talk . agreement in order. for the nato countries to support them if there is any war against russia but i doubt there's going to be any doubt but for now the things are dangerous. we also right now have lavrov calling for a deescalation of everything that's happening in syria for everyone to come together to prevent any further escalation do you think those calls will be heard.

i think there will be heard because turkish knows that this this. it's their deescalation zone and turkey was supposed to de mello militarize the terrorists they couldn't do that and that was russia few weeks ago they said we can not let this group of terrorist act in idlib words syria can sit there and do nothing and with the support of syria and russia the syrian army bombarded this this part and they want to take control of it and put in laws that america is a very proud with the election year and the coronavirus that's going to touch the u.s. soon saw the going to take advantage of that by idly i think at the heart of this confusion seems to be the fact that according to the russian government turkey did not notify russia that it would have any military personnel in the area but now turkey is defense minister is claiming that mascot was informed that their troops

would be there what do you make of this discrepancy. you know we never know because it's so it's going to say one thing of course russia or than the say that they informed the turkey government in order to know where their troops are and now that there are some people dead the russians say that of course . they never did on the say yes they inform russian not to or bombard the not to attack this this part so we never know one side it's going to say one thing the other side going to see the other free and they are going to stick to it and that we never going to get to get to the truth. at this point turkish officials have vowed consequences if more of its soldiers die in syria in particular letting syrian refugees reach europe what do you think that sort of threat is aimed at and what response is ankara hoping for. that's the. few months ago if you remember one turkey attack the. kurdish military in syria

they said they got open the door not to the prison and they get the gun open the door to all there if you just invading europe they want the europe to support them or should they said they want the nato allies in the nato argument to support them because if he lets the doors open you're going to have millions of refugees coming in europe and a western european countries can quickly cannot handle that on the other hand the nato said. that if you are attacked russia if you work in you are we as nato allies we never going to support you so that's a threat for in order to get to bring their dinner. with them to negotiate with russia to have the strongest pulls it was positioned facing a bloody move between attorney and middle east expert who are shallow thank you so much for joining us on the program today. thank you meanwhile

against the background of the military action in the envelope syrian refugees are moving toward the european border these pictures obtained by our roughly video agency show people some carrying children reportedly making their way to greece as we mentioned earlier turkish officials have threatened to open the borders of more turkish troops are killed in syria. and new refugees from turkey could potentially contribute to an already tense migrant situation in greece people on a number of the country's islands are holding protests against their government's latest plans to create new refugee camps there on thursday the island of lesbos was paralyzed by a general strike people joined a march chanting slogans against the current situation the existing camp currently holds around 20000 migrants although it was only designed for 3000 and earlier this week several rallies against the building of more camps turned violent and the government from extra police there but the move only made islanders more angry. the

fight continues nothing is struggling to prevent the construction of any close to open prison last night was a big win for the people of lesbos who repelled the landing of the government's repression forces on the island of lesbos to rise you know this one to work they said and tried to police to the press so strong go to continue one no close to the hot spot. where the government managed to unite all the people of les mis against it's always see which would great a large warehouse of refuge in migrant prison this we demand that no new camp is constructed on the islands the immediate removal of the existing camps the closure of the morea camp receive guarding of borders and the regulation of n.g.o.s our lives have been destroyed. on wednesday violence erupted as protesters rallied near a military camp on the island they tried to attack police officers with stones and

flares local media reports say on the same day around 60 people were injured mostly . 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 former i may pay notice merriest things athens needs to redouble its efforts to deal with the migrant influx. the majority of the. migrants. gives the. immigrants what we call in. is the government should save guard. and going for the government. to go or north with the examination of the siloam. and also the government has to start the issues.

from the european court of human rights says that. in the area of sigint then government has the right to board. so i think the government has to be more active on the issue of the board rooms. in the us democratic party leaders are being urged to group around one candidate to prevent bernie sanders from getting the 2020 nomination but while party leaders seem unable to unite around a single figure just yet big donors know how to pull their strings as r.t. saskia taylor reports they say money can't buy you friends or happiness but might be true but they could just buy you the white house macedoine a bandage forts has been digging deep in his pockets to help the democrat course but it's not entirely a no strings attached situation we should know who is the best person to be dull

trump and with all due respect byrne a son there's cannot be trump so which horses shorts betting on well he's not fussy but either of his friends from the billionaires club will do who just like him aren't shy on splashing the cash and since we're already here together let's look at just how much cash king take joe biden now he's discovered that he can't just rely on his instagram a bromance with obama to. take him all the way so decided instead to drop a 6 figure sum in just one out for good measure though he did keep in some a bow minister. this is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service you've got to admire him though if i were trailing 12 percent behind the top counted and had my own backers jumping ship i'd be a bit tighter on the past strings by the way biden still pales in comparison to what his buddy bloomberg has spent so far it's estimated the x. new york mayor has dropped

a casual 400000000 his campaign but hey it's only no point 6 percent of his $64000000000.00 fortune so no biggie also at least he's having some fun with it not even the aspiring u.s. president is above a cheeky trolling campaign and it seems to be paying off because he's risen from the very bottom of the polls to somewhere near the top of course let's not forget he is an old hand when it comes to knowing just what money can get you all of the new democrats that came in put nancy pelosi in charge and gave the congress the ability to control this president i got them hoops well let's look farther afield now at some of the candidates like back to judge to his credit he sensed that people might not be found of this whole exclusive club of the rich so decided to play the role of the average joe just the man on the street you know i'm the only candidate on those debates stages in this race the major candidates who's not

a millionaire or billionaire what's this a penniless candidate and big money politics well if you believe bunny not quite we're going to contrast our views with mayo to judge for the billionaires who are contributing to his campaign the heads of the c.e.o.'s of the large pharmaceutical industries the insurance companies and so forth well since bonnie's made to the parents let's peek inside his coffee he might be all about. divvying up the cash once he gets his hands on those government funds but until then it seems he's more about treating himself he has dipped into his funds and brought out around $14000000.00 for just a few t.v. ads so it seems that no matter what side of the political spectrum you're on you know that to win in this case you need a lot of the green stuff to help you along the way but money is always played a big part in american elections especially since 2010 with the us supreme court

ruled in a case called citizens united that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people that's what this supreme court decided that's a travesty and that's really undermined american democracy even more and made it more of a money game then ever before that's a big problem in the us money yes and the role of money is growing even more but you know i don't think it's a point where a movement like sanders could still prevail. france has been enraged by comments made by the ambassador of its mali comments were critical of french anti-terrorist squads in the west african country are to charlotte devinsky reports tensions have risen diplomatically between mali and france following those comments by the. france in which he criticized the actions of french

soldiers on the ground in his country folk who cover certain elements there are not desirable some elements of the army because we see it all we see to all over and we don't know what they are doing on the streets have been marco at night and it's not good for the image of france. well those remarks have provoked anger here and frogs of all ambassador was hauled in front of the foreign affairs with history to explain those actions meanwhile the french armed forces with us to florence probably didn't notice that this big hole so also on except of all this was a statement from her ministry rather than channeling and spreading false accusations we expect the ambassador of mali to devote all his energy to implementing to post some meds and achieving success for everyone it comes just off the frog's held 'd a big summit just a few weeks ago in the south of france to discuss the future of the soho region and

operation volcano this is francis and largest overseas operation with all the $5000.00 troops stationed across 5 countries in the sawhill region including mali now president marcos also said at that summit the french soldiers were paying for the conflict in blood and let's have a look at some of the recent attacks in the sawhill region.

it comes amidst other tensions that just before a test sold the brand against french troops are being stationed to volley protesters saying they don't welcome also saying that false is still treating the country as if it's a colonial entity and it comes of it's the fact that the mali in present. it himself is it may change his government has been told to john this in a way to find a solution to the conflict now we know that molly is sending its board of says to me the state need to paris to try and smooth things over but the reality is this latest diplomatic incident is going to raise more questions about the of why for the show is on station in the country if the country's citizens doesn't want to bet . still to come a hollywood directors let slip apple's products placement policy thereby possibly spoiling future whodunnit movie is details after the break.

the republicans have a reputation as knowing more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very confusing and so bernie sanders is just out of a tradition he's talking about socialism which again is a it's a it's a model based on it in comprehensible. non existant theory about money. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest greed in truth to stand the news business you just be danced the right questions and demand the right answer.

questions. welcome back hollywood movies might become more predictable for those with a keen eye after nines out director ron johnson revealed that apple has a very strict policy when it comes to showing the products on the silver screen. goes into more detail in the latest episode of in case you missed it. found guys in movies con i phone for example here's a picture of jamie lee curtis in the movie nights out and she's holding an i phone and that means that she is a goody so the evil one is never going to want not holding the microphone because

a very protective of its image according to the director of the knives out probably really revealing in an interview i don't know if i should say this and probably shouldn't but and this is very pivotal if you're ever watching a mystery movie bad guys cannot i phone camera in fact back when by 3 of the 24 was a big deal in the early north seas some very geeky yet it. was pointed out the fact that all the bad guys were on p.c.'s all the good guys used apple macs i say let's turn that very on its head here's my iphone good here is me and i will be back in the all fair. with my i phone yes barry yeah barry yeah.

yeah but are you. making cost base. so i inara missed a teddy bear. i'll be waiting for your call. u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan hailed in the media as the deal of the century is proving to be not quite all that 50 former leaders and ministers from across europe have issued a joint letter in which they expressed grave concerns artie's middle east correspondent paul slayer has more. 50 former european foreign ministers and leaders have expressed outrage over this so-called deal of the century they say that it is a kin to apartheid and of urge for action to oppose that peace to prosperity is not a road map to a viable 2 state solution nor to any other legitimate solution to the conflict the

plan and visitors the formalization of the current reality in the occupied palestinian territory in which 2 people fall even side by side without equal rights such an outcome has characteristics similar to a pathway to a term we don't use lightly now the peace plan includes jerusalem as israel's undivided capital palestine is to be demilitarized and its capital is to be in the outskirts of jerusalem palestine is also to comprise of the west bank and the gaza strip and these 2 areas will be connected through roads and tunnels and $50000000000.00 of investment is to be made to palestine both the american president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have welcomed the deal my vision presents a win win opportunity for both. a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks of palestinian statehood to israel's security it's a great plan for israel. it's a great plan for peace now the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was quick to

slam the deal on the same day that it was announced he said that you were still is not for sale dear friend we heard a little while ago from president trump and prime minister netanyahu talking about with a cool deal of the century would we describe it as the slap of the century we will say a 1000 times no to this proposal so you now. have a situation there 50 european leaders as well as the official european union russia or 22 countries of the arab league are against this deal now the palestinians have been given for years to come to agree with it but it certainly seems in the long run that this is going to prove to be a fruitless effort for washington. that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports.

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forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was a fear you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of full streets in belfast at the plague more than a 100 innocent civilians were. as the review can see in years and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and of the courage of which the solution was involved in some of those cases the killers would lead to be named into the now and we're getting i think it went to do very very top i think if the for all the water where all the tastes and you walk on and give the go ahead.

another just terrible day on wall street this is the one business show you can't afford to miss i've been one and i'm christiane washington. fires continue to flow markets in to panic as the 1st case of unknown origin has been declared in the u.s. we are that they are lucky take a look at something college and then i pod and explain whether they're about to trigger for the 1st time in history plus this world of ours is slowing down manufacturing of not just products but critically important medicine and got a live report so much to get through today so let's kids. and the panic plunge continues thursday as the optimistic dip buyers who stepped in yesterday got smoked global markets around the world are all in correction territory defined as being down 10 percent or more from their recent highs wiping off more than $3.00 trillion

dollars from global stock markets given how fast this drop was many economists are pointing to the coronavirus as a true black swan event in a span of just 6 days the us market went from record highs to correction territory with the dow down over a 1000 points today over 3000 points for the week securities report said this plunge is the only the 2nd time in history that this has happened the other time was in 1928 and that just means that the only other time the dow has entered a correction this fast was just before the start of the great depression now markets don't like uncertainty but this is quite the ultimate uncertainty because there is no clear timeframe of how long how severe this will be and the knock on effect afterwards compounding the disruptions already and then in the absence of facts and data traders now have to rely on technicals and right now most world indexes are claiming potentially on to the 200 day move.