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begin with breaking news on the program what was supposed to be moves between peace between the u.s. and the taliban appears to be unraveling this witness that the u.s. has conducted under a strike against the islamist group in afghanistan's helmand province that's reports emerge of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 afghan soldiers and police officers correspondent joins us now been following developments we're seeing these fatalities only a few days ago we're talking about this supposed peace deal and then only last night donald trump was trying to convince the world of the taliban's ready to stop the violence here that's correct before the long tramp was on a phone call with the leader of the taliban this is the organization banned in russia and so many other countries as terry's he's also the group's chief negotiator but i thought it was a 35 conversation in some way it was

a historic moment in direct contact between a u.s. leader and a senior taliban and here's donald trump talking about. we had a very good conversation with the leader of the taliban. they're looking to get this and we're looking to get it and we had a good. they want to seize the violence. talking about ceasing the violence there's this resurgence not actually mean these attacks and we're hearing you know 20 day death the much vaunted peace deal it's unlikely to prevent further bloodshed in the us than any time soon we did hear didn't we official saying that this might happen and that might happen but very little was said that there's going to be an optic in atomics you know of course bloodshed didn't stop unfortunately we can see that and you have to remember that the taliban is. the only problem again

a crisis is very complex one what does that mean there are many sides and parties involved and what is desperately needed for peace is to see all these sides on the same page and we don't see that why because taliban is not cooperating and we see the that the of danny government is not cooperating either rejected the taliban's request to release 5000 combat and political prisoners something that was promised to these groups by washington and was set in concrete in that accord that you mentioned that was signed on saturday but so they are expecting they are calm but brother is to be released soon but the government doesn't seem to agree and here is the government. there is no commitment to release $5000.00 prisoners i have shared this with dr college and this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan chef they have requested it it could be included in

the agenda of the enter an afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. this is the direct link this is the opposite direct conflict with what taliban expects and what washington is expecting and you have to remember that that deal was praised and welcomed by so many not only don't trump as a victorious one here is made to achieve. a comprehensive cease fire be achieved this is for peace. so what we can see is that the situation on the ground in afghanistan is get more and more dramatic it's a skill late in the beilenson skeleton and eve this is a victory i don't want to defeat should look like thanks very much bring this right up the dates on those deadly attacks in afghanistan and. well let's say delve a little bit further into this story i'm happy to say we can bring all live to the program journalist and geo political analyst run the job and welcome days of

supposed that progress and just the week 2 hours we're hearing from our correspondent but scheduled prisoner swap now we have this how undermining our weapons these attacks to the peace. i think that the end of the day to the u.s. which is a sponsible to get this deal implemented not the families that is north of the u.s. it was equipment by the u.s. government that it would make sure that the $5000.00 prisoners of gunpowder bombs there would be released and in a return bond would at least $1000.00 of them soldiers so i think americans really have to put their foot on the to secure situation they would have to pressurize to the actual going to government to implement this deal because i have got the government does not have a control in much of a gun is on 7 more than 70 percent that is going toward by afghan taliban they are the reality and as of us a suggested might well be asserted that this deal is

a good boy and by the ground realities and the good old really please do tell bones are told in military force they will have no since the americans have fear to deal with the afghan taliban military elite so they're followed negotiated settlement as the only way out. of gone almost knocked out of hospitals i think. americans are complicating the situation there the bigger trouble right now is the it doesn't offer sure we're going to government which is a controversial elected there were hardly 15 percent of the votes endorse that actions have also been disputed because the his contained a beloved sink that those elections were federal and so in the broader picture i think if the situation persist this deal could possibly deal but the fact of the matter is look and i can leave afghanistan therefore i think there will have to implement this deal over the past almost 2 decades job that we've heard the term

peace talks reaching a final phase before how can we are we going to see the prospect of peace kicked on the road delayed even more that the people of afghanistan that been waiting so long for something concrete is not out of their grasp. bumpy road to peace there would be certainly problems there would be certainly it seems as we have seen today when we have seen attacks from both of the afghan government soldiers also from the u.s. soldiers and more particularly lethal attacks from the afghan taliban is against agus of gun soldiers so in that context technically the peace deal is all of the deal because the the understanding was that did would be the duction in ones deal was more ceasefire so i think that now as as we speak of probably american needs to put your own house in order particularly talking with russia we're going to government as to why they are not implementing the this prisoner survive which is

the business where it is very important because once the prison slaps happens then the next step is that deal will be in crawford on dialogue which means all the political parties all that region at a new growth. above the ship of the next government no buck to start has also been under pressure from the u.s. behind the scene from arab leaders of there have been reports suggesting that pakistan is being asked this should pressure on taleban to accept new terms and conditions of a should get a government that is going to govern should be accepted for the next 20 years that is something next to impossible american needs to understand that the good old delicti in afghanistan are together different bonds are not listening to pakistan de vere the world believes that is the case java thanks very much for giving us a lot of back row and into some of the scene a sweeping seeing overnight in afghanistan job at rana geo political expert and journalist. moving on another headline 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 athens praising it for being europe's shield the visit comes a few days after turkey lifted border restrictions which have been preventing a migrant influx to europe tens of thousands have been trying for days to get across or to charlotte drove along the border to see firsthand. come further down south was still on the greek so i did the border with turkey where newtown 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 mad to find out how he in his town are going to deal with that. 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 the largest political policies of previous years that these people to enter our country without carrying any permit documents was in a very big mistake and created issues of inequality greece is not alone it is a european country but europe should support it because until now greece is not going supported we've left the town to hold 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 green. borders from anybody trying to cross illegally it's going to be blind so we're just coming up to a checkpoint now where they're stopping us. yes. 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 from afghanistan to receive an update from the volunteers who are not securing the greek food and the affair is a video showing the migrants camped out on the border. as we were trying to film. we were stopped this my cameraman being scooped it up by well looks like

a military person out to the border. so just an update on that situation all that's been smooth but we have moved away from the border because of see 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 pool. 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 illegally i'm not exactly 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 auti in ferris. or ride having stateside with a super tuesday results are currently coming in the democratic party's biggest test reveals who voters want as their u.s. presidential pick 14 states are deciding in the most significant one day barometer of where things are heading for the county that's so far former vice president joe biden has taken 9 states while progressive senator bernie sanders has talked the polls in 3 the biggest prize over there in the west coast california which has the most delegates up for grabs voting still in fact underway there sunders currently leads now before super tuesday got underway 2 contenders dropped and purging their supporters to not get behind joe biden i am ending my campaign and endorsing joe biden i am looking for

a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who is part of my cue to join me because we have found that leaders in vice president soon to be president. march 3rd 2020. i will be casting my ballot for joe biden. a common thread throughout the scrum both so far to get the democratic nomination is for the rivals to take a bernie sanders came up and breaks down not aspect of the campaign. it's been a long winter for the democrats they've been feeling the cold burn oh you know we know you believe. in god you know here you're right in the her body.

was in the but now as the spring rolls in the party has descended into panic i think it's a little late to stop and 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 then general reno closer to 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 if castro and in the reds had won the cold war there would be executions in central park 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 they tour 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 is not a bad thing after 4 years of looking on in horror as sean cozied up to dictator. 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 can see 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 and 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 nothing but your votes 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 they want bernie sanders to get elected president that's no surprise he had

a motive and 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 has come up a little bit and i don't know what's happened barely i think they're trying to take it away from 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 archie new york will among the reaction we've been getting

to this has been from new york city council hopeful. just backing up what it was saying she thinks that the democratic party's national committee is doing all it can to do real saunders chances. democrats everybody falls in line they line up so perfectly everybody drops out. and you know throws their way to support biden so you know in that in that respect you sort of see how you know the democratic parties are coalescing and micromanaging every way that they can support biden. and you know i see it you know bernie sanders he said the system was rigged you can see how it's being rigged against him former democratic chair donna brazil got into a heated exchange after a suggestion that the democratic convention would be rigged against say the hell out of our race i get sick and tired and for people to use russian talking points

to so division among americans that is stupid so rather go to hell that is completely absurd i mean this is the same donna brazil who would pass questions to hillary clinton so hillary would have you know an unfair advantage in the debates against her instanter so i mean that this is completely absurd and it's actually really really infuriating because what it is is you know it's really the democratic party trying to cover their tracks and really not so well in the fact that they're really working against you know bernie sanders who really essentially you know a real contender and possibly the front runner. nation scramble to stem the spread of coronavirus and his home the hygiene message here in russia there are so far 6 confirmed cases dozens are in quarantine on her supervision our senior correspondent out goes d of who has just completed 2 weeks of self isolation of home following

a trip to hong kong though 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 a face mask but this is my only souvenir 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're treated like anyone else and our 1st taste of what was to come 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 makin 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 in 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 it be like a mini vacation you get to sit at home and as it turns out it isn't after all so he calls throughout the day starting in the morning for medics asking how you're feeling when there are any symptoms cough or whatever you also had visited by police and medics just to check up on you to make sure that you were still at

home i mean eventually out of sheer boredom with the 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 then 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 sub security company for example was identified the messages being repeated online that is spreading misinformation and there are people out there that are you know enjoying this. good to have some bad news there really want to say to people i care about i beg you to spread this information as much as possible if our thore does do not want to inform us about this we'll have to inform each of these leaked information that there are 20000 patients with coronavirus mosque which was massive don't go to crowded places take care of the child there and stock up on what you know fortunately it's sad that shops will be empty this information is more than reliable i must devote. the end of the day it's just common sense. for the advise that you read on the internet and breaded for example followed vies that you hear from doctors wash your

hands regularly 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 been an outbreak don't go the korean team isn't worth it. or we got word face from a molecular biologist and also asked him if the levels of public anxiety are in step with the real risks. the panic is one thing but purpose is another but also panic is about not being able to control things but there are really little feelings 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 but there are actually things that can be done the most important thing you need to do at that stage is 1st tracing the contacts

1st actually test team having reliable tests that tell you whether the person is actually infected and then tracing hes or her contacts. it out as are a lot but a hard hitting watch next chronicling a largely unspoken about topic in the u.s. military invisible war begins in a moment. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. these policymakers are grown accustomed to the idea that every single problem can be solved with money printing why can't we solve the coronavirus of money printing

the market now is starting to scratch just had a little bit and saying wait a minute that's insane so therefore valuations look like they're going to be marked down already in correction territory on these markets down 10 percent are we going to have to bear market valuations down 20 percent probably i think the likelihood is extremely high a 50 to 60 percent drop that's probably a 10 to 20 percent probability. time after time so we're going underground as well communist china claim success at dealing with coronavirus major nations like britain by post 20 sturdy cope with record low hospital bed numbers coming out of the show this tragedy now is for us

will coronavirus catalyze a repeat of the 28 with the economic crisis we checked the temperature of wall street with sky bridge capital founder and former white house director of communications to these government chief and his u.k. media continues to completely ignore the plight of jailed and tortured publisher judy innocent in the london jail what should you do if you want to blow the whistle on your workplace in britain. we speak to whistleblowing advisor. plus who is the british senior civil servant who sensationally resigned over an edge to bullying by boris johnson the time secretary pretty patel herself disgraced over links to the israeli government we speak to a home office minister who dealt with windrush scandal permanent secretary so if it were up i'm now planning to take the government to court all of them all coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st let's go straight to the patient that corporate media is most concerned about when it comes to coronavirus wall street joining me now is the former white house communications director and the founder of sky bridge cow.