crisis talks between russia and turkey. for the. north. made it through.

and. so they asked me. to. live direct from our studio. international thomas with us a cease fire has come into effect in syria's war torn province it was agreed upon earlier by the leaders of russia and turkey during high stakes negotiations in moscow the 2 international powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict which

has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks. tells us about the talks and their results. it took a total of 6 hours 3 of them ted ted between ludmer put another job type in a band that's a lot for top men and then the 2 countries delegations including foreign and defense ministers join their leaders and the discussion continued it was clear from the beginning it is not going to be an easy chorus ation journalists were told there will be no press conference at the end or any media context so to the very last moment we didn't know whether we're going to see mr putin and mr added a gun this evening at all but both leaders came out to journalists with the outcome of thursday's crucial talks on syria the key point is that the 2 sides came to an agreement to deescalate the syrian turkish crisis in syria's war torn province and to set this in concrete putin and out of the gun signed a document detailing

a cease fire on the ground in a glib that starts from midnight march 6th your jews taught 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 so the ceasefire is certainly agcy point but there were some other steps agreed upon between russia and turkey the 2 sides decided to establish a so-called safe corridor 12 kilometer wide 6 kilometers north and 6 kilometers south from syria strategic and 4 highway connecting aleppo and lattakia and to start joint patrol of this area to secure it to make it a safe zone starting march 15th flood reporting described thursday stalks with the head of the gun in general as a positive move through the circle of muslim into this group but we don't always

agree without turkish partners in our evaluation of the situation in syria but a critical moment having high level bilateral relations we've always managed to find common ground on controversial issues and have found acceptable solutions. well what is a glib this is syria is the last remaining terrorist stronghold damascus lost control over it 5 years ago but back in 2018 russia and turkey again putin anetta gone already committed to help the syrian army clear this fos northern province in syria from teri's and all the size seem to have this common goal and move together towards it until her around a month ago the turkish leader gave up they saw idea and he made a u. turn calling on russia to leave syria and to leave him face to face with the regime these are he's words the situation on the ground started boiling escalation violence it became clear is something needs to be done urgently

a while ago the turkish president announced a special gather rain on syria in istanbul but not only between russia and turkey but also with france and germany that's what meant putting convinced his turkish counterpart that they do not need mediators and this is why we saw mr as a gun coming here to moscow kremlin and having a discussion with wagner putting don't know mcadams from the ron paul institute for peace told r.t. it is in the interest of both moscow and accra to ensure the ceasefire lasts. 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 it into war and possibly including nato was very real the whole issue of the of the war torn in the province is not that different in the war torn aleppo province

which amazingly settled down once it was liberated from the from the control of jihad ists of extremists and al qaida and that's the exact same thing in italy a province the important thing is that the m 4 in an m 5 highways will be open up that's important to certainly to russia into syria but let's also remember the air 21 is having some problems back home there's a huge brawl in the parliament just yesterday with 2 with the parties fighting each other the opposition parties are not thrilled that everyone has essentially embedded turkish military forces with al qaida 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 row perhaps. the atmosphere is also tends to add to turkey's border with the e.u. where an estimated $35000.00 asylum seekers have gathered since friday attempting

to cross into greece turkish authorities have claimed a man died on wednesday after greek police opened fire on a group of migrants and allegation athens denies reporting from the border his party's trial depends. 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 they've crossed the border from turkey into greece. iran or holland but even the most basic of comforts 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 and volunteers 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 the 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 body going to 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 book's 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 and 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 big reason. that means that these people are our weapon for the president and he says. the border should be opened there is no. act even in the in the policies of the european union that allow the members to suspend the did the right. to request. you know kountry 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 that francesco talked about dignity the conditions on the border a not dignified he said 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 a no longer left shouldering the burden of migration. ski aussie. near the greek turkish border the red cross has sharply criticized the e.u. over its handling of the crisis and rebuked greece for suspending asylum applications a decision the u.n. says has no legal basis some members of the european parliament however said that the blog should actually and all cooperation with turkey. this is again a good lesson for us that the european union doesn't solve our problems it only makes the problems worse we paid 6000000000 euros to the turkish regime and what do we get after some of the several years we only get blackmailed again so it does the other gun just wants more money from us and this has to stop infinity is clear that mr hat and sorkin are not

a reliable partner or sound so i think that the e.u. should instruct ounce of because i think that your piano sex payer sir have a lost a lot of money i mean in my view would be an appropriate response for the e.u. to suspend the e.u. turkish customs union with immediate effect. and we may well be demanding this in the not too distant future on thursday and pronounced it will send 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 about being stranded there. i came from of ghana stunned i arrived at the border with groups but it's closed and one can't grow also that 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 we came to work in turkey we left everything behind when we had to queue is opening its border but is it turns out the border is closed no one is helping us a lot of. us secretary of state has a bitterly condemned a decision by the international criminal court to to authorize an investigation into possible war crimes in afghanistan by pompei all said 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 have been efforts to provide misinformation to the corporate form parties we're going to 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 real launching of an investigation by the international criminal court into activities that took place by major powers in afghanistan and 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. stumble 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 u.s. service 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 to maintain its presence there for 18 years international politics expert daniel shaul told us that the u.s. is used to having the legality of its military actions overlooked. it's interesting

to hear those rhetoric critiquing the international criminal court it sounded like when he called it a rogue organisation and they were irresponsible i thought he was talking about the us government who is always try to rush to cross the human rights of afghanis in the vietnamese and so many other areas where the us has invaded in pilli east they've never been held accountable there's no reason to think now that they have any fear of being held accountable although this is a big headline. no preston in the list of human rights violation goes on it or and it would always make hitler blush when u.s. foreign policy is there and over the course of the cold war and now quote unquote post cold war but look at the end to it is when he has russia china venezuela iran you can't tell the people of the 3rd world that the cold war ended. this is the international and oxford academic and a feminist has been excluded from

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this is our international now let's take a swing around the globe a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour we'll start the united states where senator elizabeth warren has dropped out of the race for the democratic party's 2020 presidential nomination she failed to place in the top 2 candidates in any of the 14 states that voted on super tuesday losing her own state of massachusetts in the process vice president joe biden now has the most delegates ahead of bernie sanders going into the next stage of the primaries. the helicopter carrying the philippines national police chief has crashed injuring him in the 7 others on board it had just taken off in the capital manila before

striking power cables and coming down in a residential area it is thought that clouds of dust swirling on takeoff reduced visibility to near 0. pro-choice activists have rallied in front of the u.s. supreme court in washington as the hearing opens challenging a louisiana state law on doctor registration is designed to heavily restrict access to abortions it is the 1st major abortion related case to be heard by president appointed justices gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. free speech advocates in the u.k. have condemned a decision to d. platform and oxford university professor who was scheduled to speak at a women's festival there feminist historian selena todd told us it came after organizers were put under pressure by trends activists. some members of a group called feminist 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 so you know todd's ties to the feminist organization women's place you care if i had to be one of the reasons for the complaint against her the group was formed in 2017 defied for women's rights but has been accused of transphobia for opposing the gender recognition act which allows people to change their legal gender u.k. as the department for education has however condemned to todd's 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 oxford university is exit or college has said that it was not responsible for the decision of the event organizer organizers it says that the investigating it is investigating what happened when the tide has also been at pains to defend herself against allegations of transphobia. it was some trans activists who call me transfer you 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 a sex and should have access to single sex places like refuge it is and the 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. space is cool i'm a fan in fact we have all of the stars and marveled at one time or another or enjoy it while it lasts so nasa because things that we are about to lose that celestial beauty to a swarm of manmade satellites. that . are today's launch of 60 star led certainly to orbit mark falcon 9 a successful flight.

there are so many of them between the astronomers get maybe as much as an hour bright streaks going across less sensitive photographic detectors. and as more satellites are placed into orbit they will become. an increasing problem to astronomers on the ground to use your smartphone camera to record satellites streaks through the night sky to monitor this problem over time. face x. has been a great industry particle and they're very excited and we're excited to learn more about their satellites through the demonstration.

that does it for me this hour be back with headlines in about 35 minutes stay with us this is our. time after time called parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's a very important. transition to sustainable transport sustainability stay number man a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely hama's. us. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this must be done even as i mean look.

this is the move and news that we do nieminen i'm stunned then we understood superman and. policymakers have grown accustomed to the idea that every single problem can be solved with money for anything 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 the same so therefore valuations look like they're going to be marked down already in correction territory on these markets down 10 percent are going to have to bear market valuations down 20 percent probably i think the likelihood is extremely high already they have a 50 to 60 percent drop that's probably a 10 to 20 percent probability yet. we're feeding our hopes our dreams our desires our money to compete this creates a what do we get back to nowhere like that's that's a bad deal so when is technology jumping out of the street when is that going to be

helping me to keep you healthy to keep me informed or to keep me you know you connected and i missed it so we will live in an area the post screen area where we will live with less and all the screen. and it will be more in harmony or it will help us move. greetings and sally you take action while we get lost in all of the pomp and circumstance of u.s. presidential elections and fears of a virus pandemic i want to solve remember that one of the most important aspects of these 2 major stories is the reporting that has brought them to our doorsteps and newsfeeds it's journalism the 4th the state that gives us the ability to question

candidates seeking public office and hold officials accountable for their actions in times of crisis and that for the state has been under attack for quite some time not only from its own internal greedy thirst for higher readerships and that advertising dollars but also externally by governments individuals and corporations seeking to control the narrative and this external threat was on full display recently in southeast london england at the war it's crown court where the extradition hearings of wiki leaks founder and publisher julian assange have been under way accused of conspiring with former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to obtain and disclose classified information and charges 17 counts of violating the 1917 u.s. espionage act assad has not only facing down the possibility of 175 years in prison. but also the pull wrath of the u.s.

government in its history of torture and abuse of political prisoners if the united kingdom courts grant this extradition professor of journalism roy greenslade sums up the threat of assad's persecution writing in the guardian that quote these offensives may relate specifically to one man's activities but should they succeed they would set a terrible precedent the aim is to prevent whistleblowers from telling the truth and journalists from giving them a platform. so at this 1st round of extradition hearings coming to a close and more on the way i think it's time to get the who the what the where of the why why we still can as we start watching the whole us if you want to know what's going on on a cd you string you want to write a simple letter so you'd like to see see the prizes you always stay on see roll strikes mass graves displays systemic deception is the late show which

would be so when the bill is. the. world go round watching dogs i am tired relevant and i want. to bring us on the ground insight into the assads extradition hearings we were joined earlier by journalist rekeyed deed in london who had been inside the courtroom following the case as it went on we started by asking him what he feels after witnessing the hearings firsthand what is the biggest story coming out of the court. i think the big well it's perspective i didn't want to take personally but kind of having sought through the hearings this week or this past week it became very apparent to me that it seems to me this seems to be that the result is already set in stone. regardless of the lawyers arguments so it's very clear signs of corruption and. kind of lack of following of the jew pro.