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supporters say the party establishment. to get rid of. coping with. russia after a trip to hong kong. as . it is. from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my name's you know hello and welcome to the program. we will get to your headline stories in just a moment but i want to bring you breaking news here on our t.v. there are reports that the taliban has conducted another attack an afghan soldiers and police in which more than 20. are thought to of being killed now it is

after a brief pause in violence the signing of a long anticipated peace deal between the united states on the islamist group the information coming into us is that the latest attack happened near the city of in the north of the country no information on any casualties among the taleban it is also reported that the islamists have taken 10 off. hostage meanwhile the taliban spokesperson said that donald trump held a 35 minute phone call with the organizations chief negotiator just hours before these killings now and choose the night the u.s. president expressed his confidence themself that the taliban wants to end the violence. we had a very good conversation with the leader of the taliban today. they're looking to

get this and we're looking to get it and we had a good long conversation today and. they want to seize the violence. let's bring live to the program nar middle east expert journalist ali risk ali good to see you how much how undermining really is this attack to the deal which was struck just days ago. well i think it is a very humble mine and i think that this adds to the fire will recall if you would like or all trump when it comes to deal making president trump tries to projects not on being a make up but actually i think that will that you will see as attempted to make up a lot unfairly or if you recall is but just to prove to bridge the differences saurians subtle differences with a north korean leader kim jong warning that ended up in phony or if you look at the all of a century between the israelis and palestinians up and simply be added to our success

and now we have this particular view all the attempt to deal with the polar bear which will really look used to have been sabotaged in fact many of think that it was even born there if you would like i think that there is a good simple to know that. many in the taliban according to what i have read that there are a significant number of polish members or a polyp man who was actually a guest in agreement which was signed in doha between the u.s. envoy is a liability that the leader of all it's all about representative so what just might be that there are divisions within the taliban and those who are against this agreement to went ahead with these attacks in order to suffer hardship any possible progress which could have been made since this conflict has been going on for almost 2 decades as you've been just idling peace talks have reached the final phase before how likely do you think we're going to see the prospect of peace

kicked down the road and delayed even more. i think we will see the problem that the prospect of peace was very realistic to begin with even up to the signing of the of the agreement you know are going to stand and we don't mean only of college and that kind of start when our eyes are set up and so on we also have a look at either you're not going to stand and these groups are very much against any kind of beast whatsoever even give there are some months at all about leadership there might be willing to go and peace so i think for the time being peace is a lost cause in afghanistan i think it's very very far fetched regardless of any american efforts are under question i think that the fame to discount green is going to be more and more destruction more and more bloodshed and i think that you know the main focus that my concern for president trump right now is to just

withdraw especially in one day huge if you would like or as the election season now approaches or there's you know american actions at production i think that the main concern for donald trump is to really create some kind of achievement maybe to withdraw but i don't think the trump is really concerned in any way whatsoever of bring about real peace i think as i say his main focus used to drawdown will withdraw or you know taking such steps on donald trump himself ali he held the phone call with the taliban his chief negotiator just hours before these attacks it is the timing of that a coincidence how embarrassing it is that for trump he's supposed to a said he had a very good chat with the insurgents political chief. indeed it is a very good point you're right i think it is a very very are embarrassing situation what it is very embarrassing for president trump and as i said president trump tries to promote himself on not being able to

negotiate because you can he will do what he needs. and he's like north korea like obama now with the taliban trying to negotiate with the mysteries and i think that . what we have to keep an eye on their reaction you know many people within the united states donald trump has a very very large number of enemies political enemies in the u.s. and abroad think they're going to be waiting now took an arsonist i think advantages of what happened to last more and more attacks on law truck let's wait and see what the reaction will be from the democratic presidential candidates but i'm sure that they're going to want this to be a very formidable weapon and a very gold region of the to lash out at transfer on policy just briefly on the afghan government here ali they've already come out against trump's plan do you think that will use this as a sort of advantage perhaps to convince others that the taliban cannot be trusted in negotiations is that what the line that's going to come like now. i think it is

very possible you know. they have learned government has been very critical of any kind of talks would look like a degree because at the beginning if you recall or i don't do you want how it looked at before because on america without excluding up the only government and that very much and the up not in government to some i don't know because when you go now oh we'll also take the opportunity to criticize it this will. also be up many government elsewhere while others may be to play a more important role in iraq that it produces russia be a china beauty iran because that's what the american people are trying to strengthen has proven that it's going to. be futile in any progress of the situation ali thanks very much for your time a risk middle east expert on the news that 20 afghan soldiers and policemen have been killed in a string of overnight attacks in afghanistan thinking. the

growing migrant standoff between greece and turkey has seen top ranking e.u. officials visit the border brussels is pledging to deploy additional forces and provide millions of euro in aid to afghans praising it for being europe's shield the visit comes a few days after turkey lifted border restrictions which have been preventing a mass migrant influx to europe tens of thousands have been trying for days to get across r t surely dubin ski drove along the border to see the desperation of those stuck in the impasse. come further down south was still on the greek so i did the border with turkey where no town called fairies and i just want you to get a sense of the action that's happening all around us we're just outside the town hall the local mayor's office and it looks like people are gathering here in the anticipation of going to war to the turkish border and forming some kind of human chain tonight to ensure that there are no illegal crossings from turkey we know

that since saturday more than 24000 people have attempted to cross the border but we're hoping to speak to the local matt to find out how he and his town are going to deal with it. so we didn't get to speak to them he wasn't hit tonight but we did get to speak to many of the people who were taking part in that they sachin and they all seemed to be pretty tense knew the mood was full of tension in fact one guy said to me you can feel it. everybody is here tonight because we want to help greece protect its borders from any kind of illegal migration we see people from bangladesh afghanistan anywhere from places that have nothing to do with war and they come to our country essentially the e.u. we think europe should change its stance and contribute to send

a strong message to turkey losses for you because the faulty policies of previous years that allowed these people to enter our country without carrying any permanent documents was a very big mistake and created issues of inequality greece is not alone it is european country but europe should support it because until now greece is not being supported we've left the town the whole now we're driving out towards the front here in the hope of getting a sense of what's going to happen along the border overnight to get a sense of what this human chain to protect the grave. borders from anybody trying to cross illegally it's going to be a line so we're just coming up to a checkpoint. where they're stopping us. yes. but no you just official we have to turn around ok so we're being told we have to turn around we can't go any further.

not far out from faris we spoke the greek on me in what looks like illegal migrants on the side of the road. we've had a chat with the offices they said we can't film but they have confirmed that they found the 2 illegal immigrants trying to cross the software we are in the script land behind and they told us that 2 individuals are from afghanistan to receive an update from the volunteers who are not securing the greek food and the affair is a video showing my quince camped out on the border. as we were trying to film. we were stopped this my cameraman being scooped it up by will like a military personnel to watch the border. so

just an update on that situation all that's been smooth but we have moved away from the border because we don't want to create more tension with the security personnel that are there but it gives you a sense of how much tension there is here given the fact that the volunteers are out willing to be in the middle of nowhere in the way to secure their borders the fact that we were told not to come anywhere near the boy. now the greek prime minister said this week that his country wouldn't be blackmailed by said that they would do everything possible to stop an invasion of migrants crossing the border 8 legally and not is exactly what we seeing in towns like this that ability for people to take up their own noms and to go to the ball which is to push text greece for anybody trying to cross. even ski. in ferris.

super choose the results are currently coming in as the democratic party's biggest test reveals who voters want their u.s. presidential pick 14 states are deciding in the most significant one day barometer of where things are heading for the candidates correspondent double quarter told me more about this night's big stories. how are things palming who's who's looking the most likely to succeed here well you know we're still waiting for the final results of this vote for major states like california for example but we actually just got word that joe biden was declared the victor in texas and a delegate in texas yeah absolutely in california and as of now the mainstream media is actually predicting a victory for joe biden and while this victory margin started small it's starting to look like bernie sanders doesn't have as much of a chance as he did of taking the lead but this wasn't always the case in the

initial primaries actually where biden was having a tough time a lot of people seem very receptive to bernie's anti-establishment message when we are not only. corporatists. we're kind of good on the political establishment and. on the other hand biden sudden lead wasn't all that unexpected especially since people and amy clo bashar had dropped out just right before super tuesday began it's important because they were mainstream candidates as well that it's not what we're saying so. they're going to their votes are going to go to who yeah well absolutely they were they were the kind of safe candidates for the democratic party leadership and we don't know what kind of back door deals they might have had or talks they had with the with national leadership but they of course came out in support of the conventionally supported candidate joe biden and my campaign

and you are saying i am pleased i'm looking for a president who will draw what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who is part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leader in vice president soon to be president of. march 3rd. 2020. i will be casting my ballot for joe biden it with this point other candidates in the race have been pretty much sidelined by the battle between bernie sanders and joe biden but let's still mention them because they're still michael bloomberg the billionaire new yorker who came into a lot of money absolutely hundreds of millions of dollars and came way late in the race and he's actually not doing very well and now he said he's even considering dropping out after super tuesday and we actually also heard donald trump's comment on that on twitter the biggest loser to might by far is many mike bloomberg his

political consultants took him for right $700000000.00 washed down the drain and he gets nothing for it but the nickname mini mike and the complete destruction of his reputation way to go mike and there's also telsey gabbert and elizabeth warren of course they're technically still in the race but by all metrics they don't really have much to gain from these super tuesday elections so like i said before it's really a close race between biden and bernie at this point and we'll bring our viewers the latest as the final results of this election come out double quarter speaking to me earlier well a common thread throughout the scramble so far to get the democratic nomination is for the rivals to take a month bernie sanders kill up and breaks on that aspect of the campaign. it's been a long winter for the democrats they've been feeling the cold burn you know we know you really. are the was you know here your driver

was already 3 worst in the a. god the way but now as the spring rolls in the party has descended into panic i think it's a little late to stop. i think that's the problem the game it is pretty much over reading last night about the fall of france in the summer of 1940 and the general run no course of churchill and says it's over can either coronavirus or bernie sanders be stopped totally transform society with firing squads dungeons torture and exile so he's been pretty clear that's what he supports morning standards but stopping the burning machine is not an easy task after all most rank and file democrats more or less agree with his policies so here's how the operation has moved forward. the reds are coming trigger those cold war

terrorists socialism is a threat to american freedom see that hammer and sickle and be afraid be very very afraid i believe that castro and the reds had won the cold war there were the executions and such a party and i might have been one of the ones getting executed and certain other people would be there cheering let's not forget that bernie sanders once praised cuba's achievements in terms of literacy and health care were very opposed to be authoritarian the chair of cuba but you know it's unfair to simply say everything goes but you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a massive literacy program it's not a bad thing after 4 years of looking on in horror as trump cozied up to dictators we need a president who will be extremely clear in standing against regimes that violate human rights abroad we can't risk nominating someone who doesn't recognize this fidel castro and if a dog and i can see it forced labor camps religious repression widespread poverty

firing squads and the murder of thousands of his own people. let's talk about his literacy program but most millennial don't even remember the cold war communism doesn't really scare them in socialism certainly doesn't so time for plan b. now bernie sanders is accused of splitting an already weak and fractured democratic party why we would risk this extraordinary opportunity by nominating somebody who has a tendency to divide their own side is beyond me furthermore sanders is accused of having views that just won't fly in a general election the face of the democratic policy might be sponsoring things that's absolutely anathema to your vote says but this narrative doesn't seem to work either. so now bernie sanders is accused of being a russian plot to undermine american democracy this claim is repeated by other presidential candidates as well as robert o'brien the national security advisor and

his sources are named though these reports that the they want bernie sanders to get elected president that's no surprise he honeymooned in moscow and it turns out that in fact bernie sanders once even visited russia you know years ago back when it was called the soviet union yeah that's pretty old news scraping the barrel let's go on to plan b. . time to unite behind joe candidates are dropping out perhaps a bit prematurely and putting their energy behind joe biden does come up a little bit and i don't know what's happened early i think they're trying to take it away from him i don't know if that's fair but i guess it's politics when you get right down to it what's fair why throw in the towel so early well they've got to do everything in their power to defeat bernie sanders and 2016 leaked e-mails revealed by wiki leaks show that the d.n.c. went guns blazing to end his bid for the white house now will they be so lucky the

2nd time caleb mop and r.t. new york. nations scramble to stem the spread of corona virus some hits home to hygiene message here in russia there are so far 6 confirmed cases dozens are in quarantine and under observation our senior correspondent host just completed 2 weeks of self isolation at home following a trip to hong kong he told us what the experience was like about the other measures russia is taking to keep infections at bay. one of the things you could do you realize as a bearded man is you just look silly in the face months but this is my only 7 year from hong kong my trip to hong kong and i was only there for a few days while i was there there were hardly any infections or in the weeks since but coming back to moscow the medics here really didn't care so you were treated

like anyone else and our 1st taste of what was the card was still in the play when a lady came aboard and this is while we were still in the plane having landed she took all our measurements are temperatures and she was in full has mackin so we walked past passport control into the baggage area and that is where the real party started i mean there were dozens and dozens of medics in full hazmat get covered head to toe taking down everything about us what we did who we were with where we were this is all part of a huge russian effort to make sure that the 1000 virus didn't gain a foothold here the monitoring of the epidemiological situation was organized from the initial days of this complex situation additional measures were taken to strengthen sanitary and quarantine control at checkpoints across the russian border 6 new cases of corona virus infections were recorded join the monitoring period in all cases a full range of necessary and see epidemic measures was organized which prevented

the subsequent spread of the infection. when they 1st mentioned quarantine i thought would be like a mini vacation you get a set of hope as it turns out it isn't at all so he had calls throughout the day starting in the morning for medics asking how you're feeling whether there are any symptoms cough or whatever you also it visited by police and medics just to check up on you to make sure that you were still at home ventured out of sheer boredom weapon terms of the quarantine agreement that i signed at the airport and the penalties are pretty severe so for example if if you leave the house to go to the shop which you can't and you just leave and nothing nothing happens well that starts a fire and potentially community service if you leave the house or apartment the quarantine zone and you infect someone adds up to a year in jail

a year in jail if you infect someone and they go on to die that is up to 5 years in prison which is a pretty severe punishment. a lot of fear i would say panic would around the world and in russia as well which is which isn't being helped by the fact that there's a lot of misinformation misleading information on the internet for example one russian cyber security company for example was identified a message being repeated online that is spreading misinformation and there are people out there that are you know enjoying this. lenna good to even have some bad news there really want to save the people i care about i beg you to spread this information as much as possible with origins do not want to inform us about this we'll have to inform each other bald this leaked information there are 20000

patients with corona virus in moscow walk with masks don't go to crowded places take care of each other and stock up on food unfortunately it's sad that shops will be empty or this information is more than reliable. the end of the day it's just common sense don't follow advice that you read on the internet and read it for example for no advice that you hear from doctors jabal wash your hands don't touch your face. as a bit of personal advice that i can give you if you've got a trip lined up in the immediate future to a place where there's a great deal because the quarantine isn't worth it. to you one happy to say we can bring on live to the program nama lechler biologist buzzy kin is a professor at the school institute of science and technology and law school

welcome just domestically 1st yorkie how would you assess the risk of corona virus spreading across russia are they are thora seeds here doing enough to minimise it. well so this is a global situation and of course we see the outbreak in terms of countries globally and there is no reason for russia to be an exception of course we will be having case is imported into russia and we actually do see that happening people do carry the virus into russia and we know some of such cases the big question is what happens next and measures the most important thing you need to do it does teach 1st tracing the contacts and 1st actually test team having reliable tests that tell you whether the person is actually infected and then tracing his or

her contacts and the 1st thing a testing right now is done in russia centrally and that is what also was done in china initially but then china has moved on with this intra life system where local lips were able to do that and that's sort of helped hopefully that will be done in russia as well to avoid the. time delays the world health organization is repeatedly warning the media over spreading panic is the news coverage i like weighing the real risks is it crossing the line between keeping the public informed uncreating you think. well right so panic is one thing but is another but also panic is about not being able to control things but there really little each of us can do to minimize the risk to himself and the risk to others and we all hear about those things that one can do

repeatedly so there is no reason to panic here there are actually things that can be done on the other side yorkie what are the dangers of complacency people who regard themselves as a low risk how much danger are they putting more vulnerable people as potential carriers. well so we do know that the the research of the disease is not uniformly spread across the just and one thing that people are actually looking into very carefully is how much spread occurs through the children and we know that children are at much lower risk of dying as a result of this disease compared to the elderly but we have influenza for example we have this situation whereby the children get milder forms of the disease but then spread it across the cd of the town to their families and that is really

important because the parents the fact that school closures for example may have we've coronavirus eat right now it seems that children do not share the virus all that much so there's no this is a developed developing situations and there is 2 questions that we will be asking scientifically well thang. very much indeed. technology. page for all the latest developments of. a busy news day with more.