headlines this hour calls for karma several countries witness a wave of panic buying with shoppers stocking up on and. you don't have to tell the people. because does. the e.u. accuses turkey of weapon izing refugee flows the blog security at the border leaving tens of thousands of migrants stuck in no man's land. confront the world chemical weapons watchdog a fair hearing after they broke bragged to disagree with the organization's findings. do not attack syria. why would

a pair of the top inspection team leave both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west and group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go road. live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight r.t. international hawkins welcome to the program. or the number of new infections around the world the 100000 this friday with 3900 confirmed cases in just a single day several countries have also detected their 1st outbreaks as the corona virus continues to spread here in russia where 13 cases have been recorded so medical services are on high alert people arriving from the worst hit nations have been instructed to isolate for 2 weeks with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide are starting to panic buy as they rush to stock up on essential. stript there is a strain is prepare for a pandemic take

a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasn't a toilet roll in saw a member. being happening all over the country the great soil of paper pad it is in full cry swarming stores and clearing shelves of staple goods as coronavirus called want to straighten newspaper even left 8 of its pages blank suggesting its readers use the most old sign at the toilet paper with more of the supermarket onslaught around the world here's peter out of. it's called how mystic alphen in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesn't mean that people here in berlin and across the federal republic have been stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've been panic buying essential in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as nonperishable goods

like pastor rice toilet paper hygiene products and other basics that been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 19 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tens of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the german government is being giving its assessments of the current situation or sticking to it pretty means you know china's coronavirus outbreak has become a global pandemic is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and on the other enabling every day life to continue what's clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak it's not just the muse systems that the viruses be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the german airline lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights with around $150.00 aircraft carrier grounded the german economy one of the most robust

in europe is facing the real possibility of sliding into recession we asked people here on the streets of whether they are afraid of the virus. the supermarkets have been blunted and you take what you can kill in order to serve something at home as a fact as i will wait where they it is important not to be so hysterical. fabric that is there greasy i mean once you have a small stuck at home which would last for 14 days supply in some food and again food is all right. it will reform else i think it's massively exaggerated i'm not doing pennies buying and doing my usual grocery shopping it would be nice to if others who did the same then you would not need to drive to multiple stores you might be the mule and that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this coronavirus theatre it's absolutely sickening any silly which is being the hardest hit in europe all schools and universities have been closed for 2 weeks

in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus panic buying is also being seen in the united kingdom where there's also huge economic concerns over the impact in a nation with a poultry system of sick pay compared to other european countries that could see some force to survive on just over 100 year old week the reality is we don't know what is going to happen next with this new virus the best advice we have is to avoid panicking practice good hand washing hygiene and avoid touching bases peter all of our party in iran has also been scrambling to contain the virus saying on friday it would limit travel between cities as the number of cases surged over 3 and a half 1000 at least 107 people have died in the country including advisers to the supreme leader on the from minister with islam republic's health care system buckling under the strain of the crisis the us president has said washington is

willing to come to toronto assistance iranian leadership though wasn't too impressed with the offer. if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if that's the truth a little east leave the medicine sanctions that is the 1st step so we have done the iranian nation wrong and we're poor joints no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine or do we have the medicine to ship medicines and food. or humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the united states sanctions against iran and other financial structures though including those that target the country's banks impede their arms ability to import vital medication and sanctions have for instance led to shortages of drugs used to treat cancer and epilepsy as well well there are those in the united states establishment been pushing for even tougher measures a case in point the advocacy group united against nuclear iran which is spearheaded

by former u.s. government officials including the notoriously hawkish john bolton prior to the coronavirus outbreak it had been pressuring big pharmaceutical companies to stop trading with iran and has since said though that the humanitarian needs of the iranian people must be met a professor said mohammed marandi from the university of tehran told us just how bitter mental existing sanctions are being. the americans have been forcing companies across the world not to cooperate with iran it's not just the banking sector the banking sector does not allow any medicine to be purchase through the network but not only are they blocking bad but they're also imposing conditions on pharmaceutical companies that are so tough that in reality no one will work with iran so the americans through the sanctions have killed the iranians and right now they are impeding iran's battle against the coronavirus.

of foreign ministers from across the e.u. have thrown their full support behind greece after meeting for a 2nd day in friday to discuss the escalating refugee crisis at its border with turkey clashes have been continuing along the frontier under a heavy haze of tear gas with greek police reporting masses of asylum seekers attempt in the cross to europe tens of thousands of refugees have been gathering along the border since turkey said last week it would no longer or 820000 migration the broken down developments here's charlotte lewinsky. well chiefs have said they won't be pressurised foreign ministers were meeting on friday to discuss the situation here on the border between greece and turkey amid fresh tensions as you can see some of the army vehicles leading the border area now and this is both sides have been accusing the other of using tear gas we've had images from the greek side that they say shows turkish c.s.

gas being deployed into no man's land into their territory and what they've described as being a series of coordinated attacks they've also provided us with images which show c.s. gas canisters that they say they were able to lay to retrieve which have markings on them now they have also been reports that the. military and the police force are aiding the migrants to try and cross into greek territory in fact some are even accusing them of trying to jewel means using violence to demand access to not just greece but the e.u. but those are of course unconfirmed reports now the e.u. foreign affairs minister has been defiant about the situation and has said that the buddhas will remain closed if you want to eat critical situations. people have to. they don't have to tell the people.

people. well turkey has said it borders will remain open they have been open now for a round a week and we know that camps are forming on the other side on the turkish side as migrants come close to the border in the hope of getting into the e.u. . right now. amid these skirmishes between the 2 sides we know that turkey is now reinforcing its security forces on the border been. a 1000 special forces officers are being deployed to the merrick river on the border fully equipped to event people being pushed back now i just want to give you a sense of how many people have tried to get through temps or have been of people trying to get through in the last week we're talking 203040000 attempts in the 12

hours between thursday evening and friday morning they were just under 3000 attempts actually down from the night before when there was some 7000 attempts for people to get through the border now turkey has said this is syrians who are waiting to try and cross into the e.u. 3 says that's not true in fact they've given the statistics that show all of the around 250 people that have been arrested in the last week the majority were from afghanistan some 64 percent they said in regard to syrian suit being arrested it so far only 4 percent but the feeling here in greece is one of defiance we know that they're also trying to extend the fence the physical fence between turkey and greece extending it from around 12 and a half kilometers up to 40 kilometers and in fact we've seen new barbed wire fencing passing as it stands defiant and has the e.u. to back it the message to migrants is you shall not pass. ski.

casting yes on the greek turkish border earlier we discussed the current border crisis with a political analyst from greece turkish ambassador. the greek government there's no other option here. do. you have exams now we are for. my. zone between greece and turkey. 100000 more and the person will keep. being applied i don't see what the government could do but reveal myself. during the previous refugee crisis. the system you're actually collapsed over traditional be part of this were destroyed we have been taking care of the asylum seekers for the last 10 years and the it spend more than 40000000000. worrying about them is a concept which can be described as

a daily show you opinions should not have caused their ears to our warnings for the last 7 years we called them numerous times and we're still telling them the solution is to bring democracy to syria the solution is that for the user to use to go to europe or for them to stay in and out fortunately the partner was ignoring us and now i think they are starting to take us seriously. back at the world chemical weapons watchdog a syrian responses to an earlier inquiry by the o.p.c. w. their organization previously said the pair had gone rogue often they publicly criticize its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack in duma syria 2 years ago they now want a scientific hearing and in a letter to the director general they accuse the watchdog of ignoring the. inspect to be annoyed tried on many occasions to meet with you you may also know or perhaps not that these requests were all denied the reason given by a senior official was it's my role to protect the director general you will never

get to speak with him and if you try to go around me to get him there will be consequences letters to the director of the global chemical weapons watchdog courtesy of the gray zone project there the latest development in a ping pong exchange of correspondence between david and goliath whistleblowers and the o.p.c. w. inspector in ny have tried to resolve our concerns with you in private however this saga has unfortunately escalated to a point where we are now publicly portrayed as adversaries inspectors are now being smeared as the into this is of these values for nothing more than daring to speak out the smearing started back in february with a report in response to what the organization called a breach of confidentiality leaks that casts doubt on the o.p.c. w.'s conclusions about duma they said the gas cylinders were likely place there rather than dropped from an aircraft and that one area was likely not even subjected to a chemical attack but the report barely even touched on any of that the authors

were too busy trying to tear the whistleblowers inspectors a and b. to pieces inspectors a and b. are not whistleblowers they're individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous uninformed and rone erroneous uninformed that doesn't seem very becoming for 2 guys who are apparently the inspection team leaders why would a pair of the top inspection team leaders both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west and group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue these old circumstances not ring some warning bells they sure are confident in their qualification. but it goes farther than that inspectors a and b. categorically rejects one of the o.p.c. w.'s biggest claims against them that they had pretty much nothing to do with the

investigation and no access to important information when i joined the team shortly after the start of the deployments to do inspect to be and i continued playing a central role in the overall investigation the final report didn't exactly benefit from the editorial turnaround information was slashed details removed and facts don't explain why it's not like the inspectors didn't try to get answers to their questions before pressing the big red leak button something had gone wrong inside the open c.w. center and we wanted you to know it's that simple they even think there might have been a bit of deception at play the investigation was conducted by a british investigator and a lawyer from the us. the activities of the fact finding mission were managed by o. chief of cabinet from fronts whose views are echoed in both the narratives does it not strike he was somewhat biased in that the 3 individuals represent the 3 defendants the 3 countries who were responsible for the missile strikes in response to the allegation of a chemical attack in duma and o.p.c. w.

leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers as to what really happened we've asked the o.p.c. w. for his response to the claims in the meantime we spoke to a former f.b.i. agent on whistleblower rowley who suspects this pain at the open. the allegation and an accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the allegation that they went rogue makes no sense at all and again given that they were amongst the top professionals in it with the expertise in engineering and in chemical weapons these were the top people so it really is really defies believe ability that they would have gone rogue they and their close to retire you know they have done a many many years of faithful service to the o.p.c. w.

they believe in the mission of truth in times of war truth becomes the 1st casualty and syria is no different at this point it would have to be one side is not telling the truth here and. the entity that changed conclusions of reports would be the suspected entity that is not telling the truth. that has lost its national gone fishing or no class of rights it takes a look at a big sticking point to have a sequel to fight it what about that off the field right.

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back with us britain says it will deploy the navy to prevent e.u. fishing vessels from entering its waters it's becoming a key sticking point in the brics it trade talks as the latest. the town of pool on england's south coast is one of the u.k.'s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry it's a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u.k.'s tory government to warn the e.u. that if their ships try to access british waters they'll deploy the royal navy to keep them out setting the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased a. sufficient the u.k. is currently in a so-called transition period in the gauche a should have begun which will determine what kind of deal the u.k. will leave with at the end of december this year but when it comes to fishing the 2

sides are still far apart in the months the u.k. wants the e.u. to follow british law and for negotiations to take place annually similar to an agreement they have with norway the you however wants to have a long term agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the deficit tree warned the e.u. against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french have hit back saying they're more than ready to get nasty if the u.k. isn't willing to play ball all we played with emotion was drama was passion with symbols and we know how to make it a very i think about both sides both sides very nice about them playing nasty could mean the french blockading channel ports and some british fishermen say that the french are provoking the u.k. into taking harsh measures if fronts decided to take that action. i think that it would just from apology meant that we need to. we need to

self manage ourselves and on fully prepared for things i don't think it would worry that the u.k. fishermen until we should have our own waters back. in the past we haven't adam and if it's belgium's everyone gets bigger quote than the english fisherman so shanks got to be done if the english freshman down an affair not that we'd be arrested on the other side of the channel the feeling of mistrust is mutual and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but. we haven't really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean no deal at the end of the year in this case would be excluded from british waters this would be a disaster for the fishermen of the whole to france but also for french fishermen in general. about this year so obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards or no deal with the

u.k. as ourselves the european union not only france would lose a loss anyway it is not in our interests or u.k. interests we must find an agreement with great britain. e.u. u.k. negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies. r.t. in pulled. in other headlines across the globe this was the scene on friday in the news in capital as one of the worst terror attacks hit the african nation in recent times 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up on a motorbike outside the u.s. embassy internet killing one police officer wounding several others have been no immediate claims of responsibility. in afghanistan an unknown gunman has rampage through a memorial ceremony in kabul officials have confirmed $32.00 were killed and dozens

more wounded a dollar a leading political figure in the country was in attendance on hand islamic state says it was behind the attack it was that it comes just days after the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal to end the 18 year conflict. in afghanistan. police in the colombian capital used tear gas and mortar kind of students protesting the able gotos national university of colombia on thursday protest as had been building barricades torching police vehicles on hurling projectiles the country seen months of demonstrations asking for improvements to the education system. a lot of u.s. election focus right now is on how the democratic party of choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventy's but hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still in the race she won 2 delegates in america and someone so makes it through to

the next democratic debates the party executive though wants to shift the goalposts on that a lot more and explains the democratic party's machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to presidential candidates the latest example of this is the treatment of gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote gabbert gained a delegate and was thus eligible to appear in the televised debate so the d.n.c. then changed the rules we have 2 more debates of course this threshold will go up by the time we have the much debate almost 2000 delegates will be allocated the threshold will reflect where we are in the race as it always has the rules keep changing in order to make sure that tulsi is locked out her supporters poured out their rage on twitter god forbid told she gets back on the debate writes translation to see finally hit the debate qualifications so we got to do something

about that despite the fact there's literally only 5 people left in the race. you must really not want to debate stage pathetic the bias against tulsa gabbert is rather extreme media reports pretend that she doesn't even exist they claim that elizabeth warren is somehow the only female candidate and you're going to say something about elizabeth warren is she going to benefit by being the only woman left now that amy clover sharers out elizabeth warren recently dropped out of the race so if the democrats want to keep with their message of inclusion they should have telsey gabbert on the stage but they seem to have a lock to route just like they've done in the past furthermore tulsi gabbert is currently suing hillary clinton for publicly smearing her as a russian asset now some people suspect that the bias against tulsa gabbert is rooted in the fact that back in 2016 she endorsed bernie sanders and did not line up behind hillary clinton furthermore it's worth pointing out that she's been rather critical of the debate process and the lack of inclusion back in november

tolson gabbert used her permitted debate appearance to go after d.n.c. favorite candidate camila harris and her record as a criminal prosecutor the facts were damning and the harris campaign shut down shortly afterwards however it seems to be tulsa's antiwar stance taken as she is a u.s. service member that is the real unforgivably clincher she wants to and regime change wars and cut military spending congress and just passed a $738000000000.00 war budget instead of providing for the health the safety the security the wellbeing of our people and our planet the democratic party's leadership seems to disagree with her they favor regime change operations and bloated military expenditures the democratic party favors continued military operations around the world done in the name of defending democracy and at home they don't mind arbitrarily changing the rules to make sure that democracy doesn't

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