the day. we. ask. greece describe. the turkish border security grants. using refugees. in syria. sentiments on the rise in the european union despite the blocks official. sure. that the patient we need. a violation of human rights the russian foreign ministry reacts furiously to the detention of the sputnik news agencies.

around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself you know me well hello and welcome to the program we will get to those headlines stories in just a moment but 1st i want to bring you at the valid thing story coming to us from the philippines where a major a police operation is no underway shopping mall in the capital manila this is the scene the live scene just about shopping center in the capital now it's been reported security guard at the guard had taken a run 30 people hostage earlier customers. led for the exits after gunshots were heard the local mayor told reporters. one person has been shot

and is in hospital as you can see here the shopping mall has been sealed off a sizable police presence. i'm sure many of the entrances police right now we believe are negotiating with the gunmen this is the v. mall a popular shopping center cheap phones electric items or find here so what have been very busy particularly on a monday morning going into afternoon just after 2 in the afternoon right there in our so any and all dates from this story we will of course bring it to you from the philippines capital. tensions continue to rise on the border between greece and turkey where a buildup of migrants has been described by athens us a threat to its national security turkey opened its border with the e.u. on saturday and leaving tens of thousands to head there greece has no deployed

extra soldiers following to increase the turned violent clashes break out between police on migrants. c because. those go to the greek kodori who goes to the. un in my mind this is me go way over and during one country. well turkey's decision is a link to the increase of its military presence in syria that's on its southern

border and it violates a deal reached with the e.u. and $26.00 and under which took charge of millions of asylum seekers in return for financial aid now turkey is accusing europe of not fulfilling its promises it also sais it cannot cope with the amount of people fleeing serious war greece has already blocked more than 10000 migrants from illegally crossing its border the greek government also claims turkey is using the michael crisis to put pressure on europe over the syrian conflict and indeed migrants stuck out the border helping describing the hopelessness of their situation. namely there's just more than one turkey has opened its doors with greek soldiers are blocking greg futurists they won't let them cross your kids where everyone is waiting to call it that at the border yes on the ground don't do a lot to do other says the lord is ok by greece and i mean i have an open and then

it's unclear what will happen next i want to sign all my limbs when we arrive to enter the police bombarded us and killed several children at the border shot and that is causing a lot of problems. for using tear gas against us several children were killed we have critical conditions in the shelters yes the greeks aren't helping us they're teasing us and it's not. the middle east at all is the police the refugee problem will not end until syria regains control of its territories. further than once what the turkish authorities want is some cover for their operations immediately they want europe to become a stakeholder forth their operations say apparently that they want to make sure that no more refugees would cross the border between syria and turkey and that in a sense justifies for them farming the likes of just as mr. against the syrian army

proper and hence consolidating the problem rather than solving the problem because the only way this problem is going to be solved by syria for storing its you know territorial integrity in people going back to their homes as long as there is fighting and there will always be fighting as long as there is a bit of syrian land outside syrian government control as long as there is fighting there will always be refugees he's just blackmailing europe in order to effect some cease fire in egypt and prolong this suffering for we don't know god knows how many years. european values are one of the cornerstones underpinning the european union but divisions over protecting the rights of minority groups are showing cracks in the ethos charlotte has been looking into. in its simplest terms the idea of the e.u. is one of many countries working together under one umbrella towards

a common landscape yet you don't have to scratch far below the surface to find divisions what seems to be becoming more clearly etched is the divide between the west and the east in the latest round of disconnect between the values of the east and west the focus has turned to l g b t rights anti l g b t sentiment has been on the rise in poland. but is. now in poland nearly $100.00 miscible local governments have claimed himself to be free from l g b t ideology covering an area that some say is up to

a 3rd of the country it follows a come pain by poland's ruling norton justice party which declared this type of ideology was an invasive foreign influence that undermines traditional values the european commission has been quick to react we cannot allow the distribution of algae b.t.i. free zones take us or the adoption of. resolutions and not feel responsible for the next phase where physical attacks that take place even if they are then carried out by other people one french town was so. incensed by the backward nature of anti l g b t rights after 25 years of being twinned with the polish town it's taken drastic action and suspended ties francis committed to combat things human rights violations based on sexual orientation we cannot accept that the ties that unite our 2 suiters through an oath of winning should be tainted we condemned the position taken by.

but in poland there is real concern about the promotion of l g b t ideology of the shore for themselves too much these people the people have been round all the time and they didn't boast about it i did have a child can grew up in a normal gay family have 2 fathers or 2 mothers have a good indication travel around the world know languages and their good and interest and very soon that it was due to one of their children grow up in a family of a father mother i know this from my own experience one recent poll found the biggest threat concerning young polish men was the l g b t movement and gender ideology and it's not just an issue in poland but a recent festival in croatia residents were filmed cheering the burning of an effigy of a gay couple. the

annual review by the european arm of the international lesbian gay bisexual trans and into sex association also accuse several other countries of growing official hate speech by government officials countries singled out included bowl garia the czech republic hungary and slovakia in hungary for example it said that there was a decrease in the social acceptance of homosexuality. the eurobarometer 2019 found that hungary was one of a handful of e.u. countries where the social acceptance of l.g.b. people has decreased since 2015 following bug area on gary ns were also the least supportive of legal gender recognition or 3rd option gender markers some have described this disconnect between east and west an e.u. state as being a king to still having an eye in curtin and while the e.u.

is currently facing off with an internal battle over its budget in the aftermath of breaks it perhaps the real problems it faces a far more in cranes in the cultural differences of its member states. ski r.t. in paris. for employees of russia's sputnik news agency in turkey has been released after questioning the editor in chief and 3 others were detained in accra understand ball on saturday now about follows nationalists trying to break into the homes of 3 sputnik employees in ankara we spoke to. him as head of the sputnik turkey office in istanbul. a group of about 20 people came directly to each of our employees had their residential addresses they shouted threats and accusations against them after our colleagues went to the police station to report the incident we could not then reach them for many hours

however according to the place their phones had not been taken from them right now we want to know how this crowd of nationalists found out the addresses of all our employees their names and surnames and the story did not end their group of police officers arrived at is down below office as well as to the editor in chief of sputnik turkey now the police are making copies very employees hard drives as i understand it our article on the turkish province of has served as the basis for the searches in the recent events i want to say that we will now take measures to maximize the securities of the employees working in our office. just to expel them what lexing was saying there the stuff the tension came after sputnik published an article describing how turkey was given a piece of syrian territory 80 years ago when it was still a french colony the russian foreign ministry and a spokesperson for the european security organization the o. s. c.e. were quick to condemn turkey's actions the attack on the employees of the turkish

bureau of sprint news agency and their detention is a gross violation of their rights of journalists this represents a significant encroachments on freedom of expression and media freedom in the country it is paramount that the authorities ensure the safety of foreign correspondents at all times including during conflicts and it is not a sole case russian media outlets have come under pressure in turkey before in 2016 following critical comments by vladimir putin about the turkish leadership they sputnik website was blocked by turkey's internet regulator political commentator amir or in sales turkey takes a hard line on all media outlets. well turkey's not a model country regarding the treatment of its own journalists thousands have been thrown in jail. others dozens remain in exile because they know that they too will be imprisoned if they do go back so the fact that they also

do it to foreign media is not surprising the reason vienna convention regarding the attitude towards diplomats and most countries respect. and boys and better to us about for journalists. not so clear and reporters are usually working a democracy of there are a host governments and if the media cannot operate just because their country of origin is now. the other country that's very wary some and perhaps turkey has something to hide. long and to separated peace deal between the u.s. and the taliban to end the almost 2 decade long war in afghanistan as it hurdle the afghan president is getting out they propose release of 5. taliban prisoners who

are u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o insists there are no stumbling blocks. there have been prisoner releases from both sides before we've managed to figure our path forward will know who these people are we are working to build out a set of confidence measures that will do for america what president trump is committed. under the current terms the u.s. pledges to cut its troops level to $8600.00 in the next 4 months it also states that the pentagon will pull out the remaining contingent within 14 months depending on taleban cooperation with an end of the long standing crisis almost incites the fate of the agreement though is still in limbo so skewed taylor takes up the story . 18 here is $1.00 trillion dollars over $150000.00 dead for raf gonna start in the us the road to peace has been long bloody and costly but a new dawn is on the horizon and it's being hailed as

a victory we know he's going to go for. it you know you're right or there's already and even. then you force you to get closer. to the current of the current he says he's are we achieve this is for peace i'm going to give you what i'm going to. the deal signed by washington and the taliban has promised to bring to a close what seemed and on the ending a war my times many thought it wouldn't happen the deal has come after 18 months of pulling and tugging of head shakes and walking away but in doha the paper was finally signed and it seemed to be one of those rarest situations where in parties involved were happy well almost all because apparently someone forgot to ask the afghan government what its take was fun spoiler alert it's got

a few concerns the in could barely dry it on the deal when the afghan president vetoed a key clause the release of 5000 taliban militants as part of a prisoner swap. there is no commitment to release 5000 prisoners i have shared this with dr colleagues this is the right and the decision. the people of afghanistan they have requested it so it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. now this is not a side note to the deal it is in fact the condition on which intra afghan peace talks will start of each other for threatens to bring this entire thing grinding to a halt president gone his reaction there shows how washington has missed the point here that signing the piece of paper is ironically the easiest part and the promising prisoners which on yours is as unhelpful as dropping dumond's that the

taliban officially recognize gandhi's government about a gun a government was not even invited to the negotiations and when they were participating not only participated. not as a government representatives wrote those ordinary afghans and that in itself is a very significant indication of how the situation was developed president guy who said this we have been fighting. for about 80 to 90 percent of the. battles have been waged by afghan troops or very simply. means that paul obama or anybody else up to do about going government so this is maybe one of the hurdles. but let's not forget the u.s. is an old hound pretending to be the peacemakers even when it's cause the mess in the fast place and with another action just around the coup want to trump probably wouldn't be against adding to his eye make great things happen rhetoric sure has

middle of the centrals will bust them boom and kim jong un isn't quite ready to step away from his nuclear rockets but trump got his photos and it seems he's already eyeing up his next money shots be meeting personally with taliban leaders in the not too distant future. and we'll be. very much hoping that. they will be doing what they say they're going to be doing they will be killing terrorists when in doubt sign a deal pose for a photo then you'll self victor have others to figure out the logistics tried and tested. and use continues in 90 seconds stay close.

joined me every day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. you know we talk a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency usually what makes a currency is scarcity for example gold is a currency it's money because it's scarce that's the primary reason people use it as money keynesian economics or a socialism is usually unworkable because the people who are organizing it think that well you can just print all the money you need you need a program print more money there's socialism for banks on wall street as was pointed out recently one of the big presidential debates you know a bank gets in trouble just print more money well what's the ultimate scarce commodity what is the ultimate scarce commodity think about it what is the ultimate scarce commodity.

and. hello again britain is piling on itself the european arrest warrant scheme which suspects to be fast tracked for extradition between e.u. members opposition m.p.'s say it will make it easier for criminals to hide in the u.k. instead of facing justice bucko. it is completely is down in that the government's new plans will make the country safer when we have been told time and time again by senior police officers and security experts that the opposite is true it is extraordinary that the government is willing to put the security and safety of our citizens at risk all in the name of ideological obsession by pulling out of the

european arrest warrant officer week of fighting talk from boris johnson and a couple of threats the e.u. and the u.k. will finally sit around the negotiating table and kick off the trade talks by the end of them a deal will define the coexistence of the 2 neighbors kickstarting the process london has prepared a list of conditions which were finalized on thursday i don't like details about the trade relations and the post bret's that era the u.k. decided to tackle security issues claiming it will exit the european arrest warrant system. the u.k. is not seeking to participate in the european arrest warrant is part of the future relationship the european arrest warrant system allows e.u. countries to foster extradition of suspected criminals many thousands were arrested and then extradited to their countries of origin without unnecessary procedures and warrants however the u.k.'s new decision romania member states no longer have to surrender their nationals to london but at the same time criminals may flee to the u.k. and hide that i would be much more difficult to extradite them back but the timing

of the news isn't exactly ideal it's just been revealed by the home office that a record 7300 foreign criminals are currently roaming u.k. streets freely and set of being deported and will be even harder to get rid of them now and there's the potential fallout for a blunder by the british authorities who fail to reveal the criminal activities of 75000 citizens convicted in the u.k. since released with such flaws in the u.k. security concerns of raised at the u.k. will become the hub to europe's criminals the european arrest warrant has helped bring thousands of fugitives to justice including murderous terrorists. drug trafficking is without it thousands more will walk free trying to combat the issue the home office is increasing the number of police patrolling the streets and investigating crimes the questions are being raised as to whether a key decision on security is leaving the country less secure. over on the mainland from there a major german university is under pressure from the government to drop around half

a 1000000 euro it receives and funding from china critics claim that cash could buy favor for beijing and compromise the research conducted there our europe correspondent peter alder has the story. when is funding for education anything but it's a good thing or when the money comes from the chinese government's apparently one of germany's premier institute's of high you learning has come under fire for accepting donations from the chinese government 1000000000 'd authorities of the free university of berlin to reconsider a half a 1000000 you wrote donation to set up a chinese teacher training program they say it could stop academics being critical of china the university themselves though say it has no influence whatsoever so far the free university has in no way been restricted in its actions all comments regarding chinese government policy or academic freedom in china as a result of the funding from hand see no skepticism is nothing new there is an ever

growing list of high profile cases where western nations that become uncomfortable of a perceived creeping chinese influence. i think every college should be aware of what these institutes are used for and and that they are in fact consistently been used as a way to quash academic freedom on campus at the behest of a foreign government and i would encourage every college american to close and there's no need for these programs. to free university of brussels will not extend its contract with the confucius institute a continuation of the cooperation is not in line with his principles of free research.

with the chinese government frequently criticized in the west should universities be accepting them money at all is there a risk with university. departments flush with beijing's books they could turn a blind eye to more complex parts of chinese history or should universities accept donations from foreign governments. sure if it's for the good of the students for instate. if to put the money they can also decide on the politics because they began this need to stop giving money is a very quickly a phone call can that their mind the research program or what's going on if there is no funding then there might be nothing being done so with funding even with some challenges maybe there can be some progress there might be the possibility of. their findings have an effect on how things are taht are perspectives that are a start i'm all for having an international perspective creating links and seeking

the best funding opportunities so that german students have the opportunity to study in china and vice versa. the vast majority of undergraduate courses offered by the free university of berlin as the name suggests are free to students however the running of the university itself isn't that begs the question should universities accept donations from foreign governments particularly those governments that western powers deem to have the ferias intentions peter all of a r.t. . i want to bring in a different type of story to not feel physical pain might sound like a gift but for one russian teenager it is anything but she was born with an extremely rare disorder which means she's unable to feel pain or gauge temperature it's left the 18 year old from dagestan completely reliant on her mother.

'd and usually just solace we were always i remember when she was little and her tease about. come out my son came up to me and said mom she's bleeding it was strange to me because i couldn't figure out where it was coming from as it turned out she had beaten her tongue into it was like a snake's after a while her tongue split in 3. 'd because all suddenly when the diagnosis came i was shocked my life completely changed from that moment of pain is our protection when we get burnt when we break something when we fall our brain gets a signal that there is a problem that our body needs protection my girl does not receive that signals and

she's defenseless. and. only on that i'm just honesty i'm not giving up i want to improve her quality of life i'm not always going to be there for her and i don't want her to you was

a little chair but at least wolf with a cane. but if you'd like to delve deeper into any of those stories and then take off your thoughts artie's facebook page has you covered more great programs get going and moments here and i'll see you soon. you know good dolphin it did 50 noise down from the ship has not been a pretty one when you handle kids with little hearing that all men don't know and don't think when you. see you did. not have all the use in the body only 6 as i walked off. the street sounds and i guess it's like i think the. edge is risk.