forum here in moscow the headlines this hour calls for karma several countries witnessed a wave of panic buying with shoppers stocking up on a. team that. you don't have to tell the people. because divorce led to. gain the e.u. accuses turkey of weaponize it refugee flows as the bolster security at the greek border having tens of thousands of modern stock in. the world chemical weapons watchdog demanding a fair hearing that's off the breaking ranks of the disagree with the organization's findings on the 20. 1 syria. why would

a pair of the top inspection team leaders from both with impeccable record both incidentally from the west a group background who have never set of food wrong suddenly go. live from moscow thanks for joining us and all the international tonight i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. the number of new government even factions around the world has 100000 this friday 3900 confirmed new cases in a single day several countries have also detected their 1st outbreaks as the corona virus continues to spread well here in russia where 13 cases have been recorded medical services are on high alert people arriving from the worst hit nations have been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers across the world is thought of panic boy as they rush

to stock up on essential. strips there is a strong is prepared 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 inside of you can extend thing happening all over the country the great soylent paper palate is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing shelves of staple goods as corona virus appears to take hold while strolling newspaper even left 8 of its pages empty suggesting its readers use them as an alternative to toilet paper with more on the supermarket onslaught around the world here's peter. it's called how mystic alpha in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesn't mean that people here were leaning across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable furry friends it means they've been panicked by essentially 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 of being flying off the shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the covert 90 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 she knows 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 virus is be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the german airline left is canceled hundreds of flights with around

$150.00 aircraft are 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 pearlie and 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 their greasy i mean once you have a small staggered home which would last for 14 days supply in some food and food is all right. it but there are a few mills i think it's massively exaggerated that i'm not doing pennies buying and in my usual grocery shopping it would be nice terry if others who did the same then you would not need to drive to multiple stores you might be the new one that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this corona virus 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 we 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 wouldn't limit travel between cities as the number of cases surged to over 3 and a half 1000 over a 100 people have died in the country including advisors the supreme leader and the foreign minister of the islamic republic's healthcare system buckling under the

strain of the crisis the us president has said washington's willing to come to tehran's assistance leadership there 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 the 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 do we have the medicine to ship medicines and food or humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the u.s. sanctions against iran other financial district restrictions including those in the country's banks impedes iran's ability to import vital medication and the sanctions have for instance led to shortages of drugs used to treat cancer epilepsy other illnesses as well and there are those in the united states establishment know

who've been pushing for even tougher measures a case in point is the advocacy advocacy group united nations against nuclear iran which is spearheaded by former u.s. government officials such as the notoriously hawkish john bolton prior to the coronavirus outbreak it had been pressuring a big pharmaceutical companies to stop trading with iran has since said though that the humanitarian needs of the iraqi people must be met 1st professor said mohammed morandi from the university of toronto list just how detrimental the 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 purchased 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 be or impeding iran's battle against the koran abayas. foreign ministers from across the you have thrown their full support behind greece after meeting for a 2nd day on 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 attempting to cross through europe tens of thousands of refugees have been gathering along the border since turkey said last week it would lower longer on our 26 the migration deal broken down developments here's charlotte. well the 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 what they 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 turkish markings on them now they have also been reports that the 2 military and the police force are aiding the migrants to trying. 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 borders will remain closed if you want to avoid critical

situations. people have to. they don't have to tell the people. because devoid. of people have already passed. lead to these. 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. a 1000 special forces officers are being deployed to the merrick river on the border fully equipped 3 people being pushed back now just to give you

a sense of how many people have tried to get through tents 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. been arrested in the last week the majority were from afghanistan some 64 percent they said in regard to syrians suit being arrested it's 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 clematis up to 40 kilometers and in fact we've seen a new barbed wire fence in passing as it stands defiant and has the e.u.

to back it the message to migrants is you shall not pass show that ski. casting yes on the greek turkish border. earlier we discussed the current border crisis with a political analyst from greece and a turkish ambassador the greek government there's no other option here. to do. you have exams now we are for. my. zone between greece and turkey. 100000 more and the person who keep. being applied i don't see what the government could do but we mustn't forget 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 40 billions. worrying about them is a concept which can be described as a daily short europeans 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 turkey and unfortunately the partner was ignoring us and now i think they are starting to take us seriously. to whistleblowers have struck back at the world chemical weapons watched all the issuing responses to an earlier inquiry by their p c w the organization previously said the pair had gone rogue after they publicly criticized its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack in duma syria 2 years ago and now want to scientific hearing and in a letter to the director general they accuse the watchdog of ignoring the work.

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 i 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 whistleblower's 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 best occasion 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 records both incidentally from the west and group background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue did 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. sir 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 and we have asked the p.c. for its response to the claims and the means are we spoke to former f.b.i. agent on whistleblower coleen rowley who suspects a smear campaign of. the allegation and accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the l a geisha 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. is off the international still to come gone fishing or plautus right to take a call to the big sticking point of a sea watch this will tell you about about just offered a short break. doors.

the question is how this band what do you do it global economy that relies on just in time to live area parts and services lost play from steel plate away to china is interrupted by kabul pandemic and can't be overcome with more money printing that's the big question. as the great american folk so mohamed ali once said he who is now. courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life risk averse is one thing that is not from being a key member of the mit blackjack team to investing in promising migrant into printer but what is a risk and how do you know if it's worth taking you. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. it'll be back with us and britain says it will deploy the navy to prevent the u. fishing vessels from entering its waters is becoming a key sticking point in the brics a trade talks broke down the details. the town of poole 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 have warned 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. petition 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 that demands 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 they you however wants to have a long term agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the deaf or secretary 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 elements 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 have adam and if it's belgium's fides everyone gets bigger quote those than the english freshman so sank squat to be done if the english freshman done an affair not that we'd be arrested on the other side of the channel the feeling of mistrust is neutral and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but almost all of the their financial we haven't really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean

a 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 horta 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 we are going towards a no deal the u.k. as ourselves the european union not only france would lose a loss anyway it is not in our interest or u.k. interests we must find an agreement with great britain. a 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 alley. in other news from across the globe now that was this was the scene on friday in the news in capital as one of the worst terror attacks in recent times hit the african nation 2 suicide bombers blew themselves up

on a motorbike outside the u.s. embassy in tunis one police officer was killed several others wounded there were no immediate claims of responsibility. afghanistan an unknown gunman as brown paged through a memorial ceremony in kabul officials have confirmed 32 were killed dozens more wounded. a leading political figure in the country was in attendance he escaped unharmed islamic state says it was behind the attack was a city comes just days after the u.s. and the taliban signed a peace deal to end the 18 year conflict in afghanistan. right police in the colombian capital used tear gas and water cannon against students protesting the national university of colombia on thursday protest as had been building barricades torching police vehicles and hurling projectiles the country

seen months of demonstrations as calls grow for improvements to the education system. a lot of u.s. election focus right now is on how the democratic party choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventy's but congresswoman tulsi gabbard is still in the race she won 2 delegates an american summer and so makes it through to the next democratic debates the party executive though wants to shift the goalposts on that and breaks down the details. 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 tulsa gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote tulsi 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 the special 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 to twitter god forbid told c. gets back on the debate writes translation to see finally hit the debate qualifications so we've 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 work on the 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 are going to say something about elizabeth warren is she going to benefit by being the only woman left now that any club or shares 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 locked around 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 on forgivable 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 of the well being 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 get in the way of this vitally important war agenda caleb mop and r.t. new york up next the latest and boom bust all markets on the global economy we're back in 30 minutes with the latest news updates will be happy to have you back that .

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