yes well the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you there. breaking news for you as you see on the screen because we brought you live just last. hour as a crisis talks with. the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to dial down the violence in syria. to cease fire starting from midnight. been tied to border dispute ongoing with greece is escalating with an estimated 25000 asylum seekers massing along the border those who made it through a big round up and pulled to the report from the front here and elsewhere tonight. this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading

as a legal body the u.s. secretary of state pompei launches a blistering attack against the international criminal court gives the green light to an investigation into possible war crimes in afghanistan. plus 2 from the u.k. free speech. festivals decision to no platform a feminist professor calling complaints from trans activists. some members of a great cause feminists fight back and some transacts had said that they would not be here at the conference if i was there so they asked me if i would like to invite myself and just not come. by they were going to even cheer my name is kevin owen here live the international world news center with a half hour update for you mention those headlines then following 6 hours of high stakes negotiations earlier here in moscow this thursday the leaders of russia and

turkey finally agreed on a cease fire plan in syria's war torn province the 2 international powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict of course which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks and that was the. big worry though it still seems to be averted if so talk to me if no shows down there in central moscow the kremlin these when this meeting took place in iran so just to recap for viewers joining us what came out of today the. hi kevin well the test at that meeting between clinton and the gun law said 3 hours indeed and then the 2 countries delegations joined their leader as including iran and defense ministers of both russia and turkey and the discussion continued 1st 3 more hours it was clear from the beginning it's not going to be an easy conversation journalists were told it will be no any press conference at the end of any press context so we didn't know till the very last moment whether we're going to see mr putin and mr pedagog on these evening that you need to risk

a mountain journalist with the outcome of those stakes through show talks on the syrian the key point is that both sides came to an agreement to do escalate the syrian turkish crisis and serious war torn province and to set a 2nd front great footage and then the gun signed a document detailing a cease fire the stars from march 6 here's mr pedagog really you know we do is sought at midnight beginning on the 6th of march a ceasefire will be implemented we will take all necessary steps to ensure at last our goal is to do everything possible to prevent the humanitarian situation from deteriorating in the region. this is the key point and i think it was welcomed as a very positive one by all the sides involved in the serious crisis but they were other details both sides also agreed to establish

a so-called safe for 8012 killing at a wide 6 kilometers north and 6 kilometers south from syria's strategic and highway connected a left bomb and. latakia and also close to that of the gun agreeing to start a joint patrol of this area started marching the 15th let me put it described and jane you wrote those days mixed in with mr ed about as positive as he mentioned that sometimes disagreements appear between russia and turkey but the 2 countries always able to find a solution you always are able to have a dialogue here's mr putin we are new to the movement listen to this group but we turn to his agree without turkish partners in our evaluation of the situation in syria but critical moments having high level bilateral relations we've always managed to find common ground on controversial issues and have found acceptable solutions. can be just

a few words about war and trade live is this is serious the northern provinces it is too conceded by everybody as the last remaining terrorist to troll damascus lost control over it 5 years ago but back in 2018 russia and turkey to drink and if the guns are already committed to help syrian army clear they say we have stronger terrorists and it looks like 3 sides agreed to have a common goal and they started moving together towards this common goal but around the months ago mr ev the gun made a huge story when he was calling on russia to leave syria and to leave face to face with the regime these are easy words the situation on the ground started as related and it became clear it was something should be done urgently and this was the dollar interesting detail is that a while ago the turkish leader announced a special gathering on syria in istanbul could not believe between russia and

turkey but also fronts and germany what reputed convinced came they didn't or need mediators and this is why we saw mr evans coming here to my. in having this for rochelle more information like me to entertainment 10 years later with the 2 countries telling her she's actually you all right maria should prefer a song tell us about it for abuse or just showing this question is no longer going to last of course was to wear that with delhi look at them to get the view from where is he tonight i know where you are you're in lake jackson texas a very nice earth thanks for giving us your view tonight a long is it going to last call deal meeting earlier on it seems we've brought out from the brink which is good news for everybody but still a heck of a lot of problems there but let's talk about this buffer zone and before that i suppose even this cease fire that's coming in at midnight tonight well we're going to last. well i think it will last because it's the product of those your reporter points out 6 hours of intensive meetings i think we should all breathe

a sigh of relief because truly russia and turkey were on the brink of direct conflict it was careening out of control and i think it was very wise to have called this bilateral meeting to hammer it out because there are the danger of slipping into war and possibly including nato was very real so again you're confident this is going to last well i mean there's been confidence raised before a lot of this with how low can you still hear me there you're live on air doesn't mcadams i think we may have lost this and here you are the level is calm but you get so you're saying it's cut your confidence at a loss because of 6000 to go see asians but the many negotiations before and cease fires like this have failed you really don't think that this is going to last this time or there's certainly a will there more of a will than before to make it last. i think the stakes are very high and i think that's a good indication that it will last at least in the short term the important thing is that the m 4 in an m 5 highways will be opened up that's important to certainly

to russia and to syria but let's also remember the heir to one is having some problems back home there's a huge brawl in the parliament just yesterday with the with the parties fighting each other the opposition parties are not thrilled that everyone has essentially embedded turkish military forces with to serve as human shields to prevent the syrians from retaking their own territory he's gone way out on a ledge and i think he's finding himself at the end of his political rope perhaps turkish troops very busy as well because the agreement today also says that russian and turkish troops will be carrying a joint patrol missions for highway i was not going to work. well i think that's very encouraging because it means they won't be shooting had each other and that means that the russians will know where the turks are and that also means that things will continue to start getting back to normal the whole issue of the of the war torn in the province is not that different than the war torn aleppo province which amazingly settled down once it was liberated from the

from the control of jihad ists of extremists of al qaida and that's the exact same thing in the province it's controlled by al qaeda and al qaida is generally accepted as the enemy of most civilized people whether you sympathize with the. present in the syrian regime is described or not russia certainly does what state is the syrian army in at the moment considering everything it's been through it in the service men and women that have been through how much of a danger are they to to. well i think the turkish numbers of say soldiers killed was greatly exaggerated but i think it is very clear that after the attack that that lost the life of 34 turkish soldiers i think turkey certainly ramped up its response as it was using multiple rocket launchers from turkish soil into syria raising the possibility that syria would have to respond into turkey but they did hurt the syrian i mean they did kill quite

a few people and ruin some equipment but also preceding this meeting between with in the air to one the russians were resupplying their syrian allies and ramping up for a new fight so syria is not a danger to turkey and syria wants to expel foreign troops that are not invited into the country from the country and that's probably a pretty normal thing and also clear the statement earlier on was the 6 kilometer wide security carlito that's going to be established on the border there between syria and turkey yes sounds great but again these borders can be a flashpoint count they and what do you see you know how do you see that working out what are the perils of that where they can be a flashpoint in also turkey still has a couple of 1000 troops inside syrian territory 1st of all those troops or vulnerable and 2nd of all they're a very danger to the security of syria so i think this is a good confidence boosting measure but the next step has to be aired on understanding that he cannot hold on to al-qaeda as hands for any longer the game

is over and he had from 2018 in the sochi agreement to separate the moderates from the extremists he has not done that yet so he's failed to live up to his part it really is time to back down and back away from this terrible experiment still so many deaths there's still so much of a humanitarian problem there especially on the other side of people trying to get into the e.u. on the other side it's a whole nother ball going to talk about in a minute on the program but if you look at it politically tonight who's blink 1st. well i think i think turkey has blinked i think turkey had to blink i think that president putin understands that relations with turkey are extremely important for russia the business ties the cooperation is extremely important in russia is not about to give it up but everyone had to back down and he has backed down he threatened he would start attacking on march 1st and he hasn't had

a full on attack so he has had to back down a little bit what remains to be seen is what happens to him at home after this fierce escalation and then back down afterward don mcadams exact who directs the ron paul institute thanks to live with us some of the international love to see you enjoy the rest. now we mentioned earlier about the humanitarian side of on the other side of turkey of course these people trying to get desperately into the e.u. after the last couple of days turkey said will carry on of course greece has put its foot latest on the the atmosphere tense to say the least turkey's border with the e.u. or an estimated $25000.00 asylum seekers have gathered since friday attempting to try to get into greece turkish authorities have claimed the man died on wednesday after greek police the allegation is opened fire on a group of migrants athens denies that strongly reporting from the border last few days an issues again charlotte dube and ski tonight. in the dead of night they've set up camp these migrants who say they are from syria have succeeded where so many

haven't crossed the border from turkey into greece. but even the most basic of conflicts can come at a cost on the $1.00 hand lighting a fire means want for the children on the other it means being visible to the security forces in full and t. is trying to protect greece's borders. greece says it stopped thousands from entering into its borders within the last week of those who have made it through many have been arrested and they have been taken to detention facilities like this one here behind me that surround 10 miles from the frontier now you can see children playing clothes hung out to dry so despite the barbed wire and the high fences with security posts life goes on greece has just announced that it will create another center in this area to deal with any new cross from turkey

the plan is to deport them as soon as possible and while e.u. chiefs have come to greece's aid saying it is acting as europe shield others are more critical of the books position this is a moment to which people is questioning guy davidi existence and the very role of the of the european union not this is we don't have to feel to run after the storm much of the people we must help the people to understand how complex is the life oakum pixie's day these days the war there and. showed the ability to have the political force to fix that and not calling these people and these disparate people . on because calling a greaser shield that means that these people are our weapon for the president and he says the buddha should be opened there is no. act even in

the in the policies of the european union that allow the members to suspend. did the right. to request. you know contrary i know the disease a very difficult situation but democracy and the rule of law must apply more than ever in this kind of situation and my opinion francesco. about dignity. the conditions on the border a not dignified set neither was the existence of many thousands of my clients who live on a day to day basis stuck in limbo in sentences like we've seen he's calling on the e.u. to sort out its issues and to find a solution to the crisis so that countries like greece no longer left shouldering the burden of my question. you can ski aussie for luck you need the greek turkish border one other developments to tell you about on thursday turkey

announced it was going to send a 1000 special police officers to the border to prevent the greek side from driving back desperate asylum seekers we spoke to some of the migrants where the hazardous perilous journey they're attempting to make to try to get to as they see it some sort of safety. i came from of ghana stand i arrived at the border with groups but it's closed and one can't grow the group security forces are dispersing migrants with tear gas. i'm from iran and i want to go to europe as you know the economic situation in our country is very bad we tried to cross the border but security forces detained us took all our belongings and venus. we left afghanistan and came to work in turkey we left everything behind when we had turkey was opening its border but is it turns out the border is closed no one is helping us or what. else would i do as secretary states bitterly condemn a decision by the international criminal court to authorize an investigation into

possible war crimes in afghanistan a very unhappy might say that under no circumstances will washington allow american citizens to be held accountable by the hague based organization. we've come to know this i.c.c. is a truly political body we have evidence suggesting that there has been there but efforts to provide misinformation to the corporate form parties were. i would take all the appropriate actions to ensure that american citizens are not hold before this political body to settle a political vendetta the us secretary of state mike palm pale was commenting on the relaunching of an investigation by the international criminal court into activities that took place by major powers in afghanistan this investigation is launched as it appears that a peace deal has been signed and that afghanistan could be drawing down in hostilities the prosecutor is out to commence and this to gauge in relation to

elect crimes committed in the gulf gonna stop at this point the united states has maintained a presence in afghanistan for 18 years and the international criminal court in its investigation is looking into the activities of cia members the international criminal court is looking into the possibility of torture cruel treatment outrages upon personal dignity rape and other forms of sexual violence as part of policy by members of the cia now it's important to note that there have been other allegations against the u.s. in afghanistan u.s. service members have been accused of bombing and attacking healthcare facilities disappearing people and killing civilians according to the latest un report over 100000 civilians have died or been injured in the past decade of fighting in afghanistan however the united states has withdrawn from the international criminal court the top administration withdrew from the court in september of 2018 and it

appears that my pompei was doubling down on that this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body the i.c.c. today stumbled into a sorry affirmation of every denunciation made by chargers critics over the last 3 decades now it's also important to note that last year we saw the pardoning of us sir. as members accused of killing civilians in both iraq and afghanistan by u.s. president donald trump he pardoned them when they face charges for their actions.

so as the war in afghanistan seems to be drawing down many are optimistic about the peace deal it appears that the united states is determined to make sure that members of its armed forces are not held accountable for any crimes they may have committed in afghanistan while the united states maine that maintained its presence there for 18 years. corresponds 20 posts not in the evening here in moscow good evening ahead of the break in oxford i could demi confetti minister has been excluded from a conference celebrating women's rights of the organizers received complaints from trans activists telling what rose but when back. join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday should let it be an arms race is on spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. with feeding our hopes our dreams our desires our money to compete discreet what do we get back to our liking that's that's a bad deal so when is technology jumping out of this week when is the goal is you helping me to keep you healthy to keep me informed or to keep me you know connected and i missed it so we will live in an area the post screen area where we will live

with less at all these screens and it will be more in harmony or will help us meet . again thanks for watching out international tonight the next free speech advocates in the u.k. have condemned the decision to de platform an oxford university professor who was shuttled to speak at a women's festival feminist historian selena told told us it came after organizers were put under pressure by trans activists. some members of a group called feminists fight back and some trans activists had said that they would not appear at the conference if i was there so they asked me if i would like to disinvite myself and just not come and i said no i'm not willing to do that partly because i was there in a professional capacity as a professor oxford my faculty had given the conference a great deal of support and they just myself and the head of the history faculty to

speak there so i said no and i said please let me know as soon as possible what you intend to do about this and would you like my advice and support on how to deal with these police and they declined that and rang me back at 6 pm and said we've got a compromise you can come but you're not allowed to speak you're not allowed to say anything well those which terms on it sort of towards ties to the feminist organization that women's place that u.k. thought to be one of the reasons for the complaint against that group was formed in 2017 to fight for women's rights but been accused of transphobia for opposing the gender recognition act which allows people to change their legal gender yukos department for education has to have a condemned towards exclusion from the event universities are required by law to uphold freedom of speech allowing academics students and visiting speakers to challenge ideas and discuss controversial subjects we have made clear that if universities do not uphold free speech the government will. also universities extra

colleges said it was not responsible for the decision of the event organizers it says it's investigating what happened silicone told again has been defending it pains as self against allegations of transphobia to. because some trans activist who called me transfer big that is completely unfounded i am connected to an organization which advocates for women's rights and in my professional capacity as a historian i research women's history and the evidence that i have found leads me to agree with the law as it stands that women are sex and should have access to single sex spaces like refuge it is and single sex sport i certainly believe that transgender people should be allowed to state their identity and should be treated with respect and i'm very delighted to work in an institution that respects the rights of transgender staff and transgender students take 90 seconds out now to go around the world in brief what we got here 1st well didn't take long but senator

elizabeth warren has now brought that to the road but that was quite a lot of 2020 presidential nomination after all when she failed to place in the top 2 candidates of any of those 14 states that must have super tuesday vote former vice president joe biden now has the most delegates ahead of senator bernie sanders going into the next stage of the primaries. helicopter carrying the philippines national police chief has crashed injuring him and 7 others on board of the just taken off the capital manila before striking power cables and coming down in a residential area it's thought the clouds of dust swirling on takeoff reduced visibility to near 0 big problem up power cables helicopter pilots will tell you. pro-choice activists have rallied in front of the u.s. supreme court in washington as a hearing opens challenging a louisiana state law on dr registrations designed to heavily restrict access to abortions it's the 1st major case to be heard by president trumps appointed justices your gorsuch governor. fighting next to show you breaking out of

a football match in the chechen capital wednesday evening. rushing towards a pitch towards the end of the 2nd half or 2 in grozny and they need some petersburg and russian. even some of the players got involved to try and break up the brawl really messy there when the game eventually began again visitors in the progress to the next round courtesy of a 97th league winner. why this car me down a little bit now we've all looked over the stars and marveled at one time or another in this you've got light pollution of course but joy it while it lasts says nasa no because it thinks we're about to lose that celestial beauty to a swarm of satellites.

after. today's launch of 60 star like. mark falcon a successful flight. there are so many of them it means astronomers get maybe as much as an hour with bright streaks going across their sensitive photographic detectors. as more satellites are placed into orbit they will become an increasing problem to astronomers on the ground use your smart phone camera to record satellite streaks through the night sky to monitor this problem over time.

place x. has been a great industry partner for us so they're very excited and we're excited to learn more about their satellites through the demonstration. so they also worry about yeah well that's it for now to check it out over social media for so much more i'm back in just about an hour with more from the international news room but stopped by the alex salmond show on air after this break. student. money.

thank you thank you. thank. you. thank you. thank. god i am. welcome to the alex i mean sure we examine radicalism and scotland past and present the christmas election drew into stark relief the divergence of the politics of scotland and england the 2 additional

partners in the creation of the united kingdom and 1707 while england decided on a pool breaks a temporal tortie direction schooling confirmed that it was beck's and tory today we examine the radical politics of scotland past and present with author and m.p. kenny macaskill and political columnist george catherine but 1st your tweets emails and messages in response to my short on child refugees and some quite conflicting opinions kevin says better get to building more affordable accommodation said should also deal with the rampant drys and homelessness here too while you're at it before we go opening the door to yet more people we won't be able to look after the clinic says the tories are playing to the far right they've let the touchpaper and are standing back watching and listening to people who have the same views as them but will let then chant and picture it they don't want to lose their will play drops and i do think david.