the price of oil nosedives along with global stocks as saudi arabia wraps up production in a dispute with russia. brussels says it's agreed on a good starting point in discussions with ankara over the unfolding margaret crisis at the greek turkish border tens of thousands of refugees remain in limbo. violence erupts in italian prisons with inmates furious over their conditions and the strict new measures brought in to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

from moscow thanks for joining us and i thought international on your walk ins with you here welcome to the program. a world oil stocks are taking a major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as demand for oil falls of it fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia but war has artie's. quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free is on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop we've seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that we've got an oil price drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop we've ever seen in oil cents in 1901 and at this point it being traced back essential each of the negotiations with opec

saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in oil production due to limited demand around the coronavirus well russia has come forward and said that this call for a reduction in oil production and a cap on oil production doesn't really make sense because it would give the united states an unfair advantage but this is what has been said by russian officials the russian oil industry has a high quality resource base and a sufficient financial strength to remain competitive any predicted price level as well as maintain its market share for russia's interests this deal is simply logical we giving up our own markets remove cheap arab and russian oil to make way for expensive american she'll make it worthwhile for them saudi arabia did not appreciate russia refusing to go along with their proposal for a production cap and so they flooded the market and the price has dramatically gone down 30 percent drop $31.00

a barrel here in the united states and in response to that we've got economists talking about how dangerous this situation really is we believe the. price war on equivocally still to this weekend when saudi arabia aggressively cut the relative price which is still that is crude but the most at least 20 years this is turned into a scorched earth approach by saudi arabia in particular to deal with the problem of crude. production the saudis are the lowest cost producer by far at this point the whole world is waiting to see who will blink 1st russia or saudi arabia now the shale companies in the united states those are companies that extract oil and natural gas from the shale of the united states through the practice of hydraulic fracking they have been suffering quite a bit furthermore we've got algeria and france among other countries stepping up and calling on saudi arabia to negotiate and saying that they've got to get this resolved the world economy is in a jam people are very very nervous will wait to see what happens next we discuss

the situation in the oil markets with some experts who is what was said is happening and what is expected next. the current situation clearly the saudis are to blame they have taken a move whose only benefit the only potential advantage in the general strategic mikey of alien terms is the surprise tadi arabia vastly increased production to create a huge price drop with potential for further price drops we're talking something some analysts fear prices could go as low as $23.00 a barrel which would be levels than the early ninety's and this move was solely precipitated by the saudi arabia simply because the russians did not go along with the previous proposal when in fact there was room for further negotiation what print some mind wants to achieve with this remains unclear because his oil production increase is also compromises the saudi states' ability to fulfill

its welfare function and therefore to keep domestic stability but you are an observer markets that see this coming the credit bubble blowing up again this is part 0 of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia has the best hair at that you know a lot of coal oil going you know russia's cost of energy is about $7.00 a barrel yea saudi arabia is close to $3.00 a barrel russia has got no debt and they've been buying goal meanwhile in usa and america their cost is closer to $50.00 and this will be the complete this arrangement of the american shale industry saudi arabia and america are really that position that this international oil kolker game and i think russia's all the 3 aces. turkey's president was in brussels on monday in a bid to find

a compromise to the unfolding modern crisis of the greek turkish border visit comes amid a deepening diplomatic standoff between ankara and athens that's left tens of thousands stranded at the frontier here's our europe correspondent peter out of a. there was no joint press conference between the e.u. side and the turkish side following this meeting but we did hear from charles michel the european council president and on the line the european commission president mr michel well he said that this was a step forward that had been taken in relations between the e.u. it that these talks were important in establishing progress in the short medium and the long term and he said that the slack would now be taken up by yourself by l.b. high representative for foreign affairs who'd be working closely with the turkish foreign minister to try and get well come to a solution to the current impasse over the 2016 e.u.

turkey refugee deal he also said that they would be called contact over the coming days between the e.u. side and president to one of turkey. on the line for her part she said that it was important that there was lines of communication still open pretty much that's where we are at the moment they're happy that they're still able to talk to one another face to face very diplomatic language used by the european commission president as you would you'd really expect essentially saying that more both sides agree to disagree at the moment today's discussion focused on mapping the areas in which we can work both in the e.u.'s interests and in turkey's interest and indeed as you said a lot goes back to the e.u. churchy statement of 2016 which remains valid commission president was also asked about the actions of greek authorities out the border the question came from

a turkish journalist who to accused the greek side of excessive force now on the line said it's borders were important to be protected but so was the right to asylum that all force that was used to be proportionate. basically the situation we have at the moment is to isn't happy with the current deal it's on the table it says it's manageable if there is a chance that certain aspects of it could be reopened back in 2016 they weren't able to get the visa liberalization that they wanted there's also some that turkey will be looking for more cash essentially from the european union if that's coming and it was before that money would come well that's going to have to be ironed out over the coming days in these talks that are going to continue basically the current deal does seem dead the new deal well they haven't agreed on that yet and your political analyst. believes the e.u. wants to ramp up the pressure on turkey but doesn't have the means. it was

a 1st meeting but each reserved seat. in no decision october so far because they are big disagreements not only between the e.u. and turkey but also weaving the e.u. and the european union who would like to appear. to show strength in front of turkey because are turkey made integration against e.u. by you using the migration crisis at your particular weapon but actually we reach and the border is not to a cross. but by your migrants pushed by turkey because greece national board of greece is kept by your greek government on greek police force he spots

a reality on the ground. in an attempt to curb the spread of krona virus the tally and prime minister just have a contact has or else the nationwide ban on all public gatherings drastic measure comes as the number of infections in the world's 2nd worst hit country reached over 9000 growing by more than one half 1000 on monday while the number of deaths has risen by almost 100 people quit i am about to send a decree that we can sum up with the expression stay at homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or a zone 2 on our peninsula there will be. at least that is a protected zone so it will be necessary to avoid all movement throughout italian territory unless it is motivated by 3 specific circumstances. well with the latest restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails besides demands for improved conditions prisoners have been reportedly angered by new rules which have seen a suspension of family visits this footage shows

a group of inmates on the roof of the prison burning items and shouting freedom the most severe revolt was seen in the northern city of mud which left 6 inmates dead while in sicily the relatives of some detainees gathered near a jail over a potential prisoner infection. that was so well as coronavirus has been raging for almost 3 months he spoke about everything except the prisoners this is unfair because in this building they don't even have a. right now an ambulance has just got here and we have no idea why one of the ministers to be prompted all these people have sentences of less than 5 years have to be treated with different measures at home. we discussed the prison protests as well as italy and europe's response to the coronavirus crisis with political analyst poll of a foreigner he believes they use efforts so far for short. definitely they are in the prisoner's interests but the old d.c.

is so used to 2. outcries within the christians and try to get the permissions to return home at least really so the city's quite disturbing events measures to be increased in the prisons because of course the inmates somebody close to each other the possibility oh. the bottom straight means there but i mean all the south pricing is. knightly not just definitely. this is a bit of. mismatch in the provisions that it means. but on the other hand they say that means easily use a democratic country and there are a number of interests to be taken into account the e.u. has confidence is and can intervene above the member states but even in this case we could pass a c.e.o. of the e.u. to intervene in this emergency as being very vague because he calling

just the sort of solidarity among states which has not be not seen. coming up twitter is facing off with the white house over a video it's labeled as manipulated that's coming up after this short break.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. good to have you back with us. new manipulated media attack on a video released by the white house about joe biden is the 1st time the social media giants used the label since introducing fresh rules for synthetic and manipulated media last week the video was edited to make it seem the democratic

presidential candidate had admitted at a recent rally trump's rejection was inevitable here is the full version of the video can not get reelected can not win this reelection surely we can only really like donald trump. if you factor in getting gays in the circular firing squad. well despite an early lead by senator bernie sanders former vice president joe biden has emerged as the front runner in the democratic race through merging victorious from super tuesday recent polls indicate he's also favored by over half of registered democratic voters biden is certainly riding on the wave of high profile endorsements from former candidates but his campaign has not been without a fair share of gaffes like this latest one. i know 2 this money is just your valerie and you know it was i was shocked i mean i was right there's marshes to be sure you know i was in and it was innocent mistake. but

a kid still cause trouble if he becomes president. there's no call back number 30. nuclear launch codes this one should not write one of the 1st rules of politics never want to confuse your wife and your sister that's of all could mistake and if you are going to talk about your sister wife you should have done it sooner because then you could have won utah. yes. we spoke with a former us state senator john william loud and for his take on to it is action it's absolutely censor censorship we have all these social media companies become giant state their kind of monopolies and to their platforms and there's no doubt about it that there's systematic deep platforming of conservatives and it's put people a quandary because we have a strong 1st amendment on the one hand but on the other hand we respect private property rights if you own

a business you should have broad latitude in how to run that private business so there's a conflict between the 2 and. these giant companies picking on one side so uniformly is is really tempting the chat the balance between business rights and free speech see these platforms say well we're going to we're going to get rid of thing because it's a fake and maybe it's not a fake so it's tough it's a sticky issue that we're going to have to wrestle with. the schools of south african women wish they were lost in public hospitals without their consent the revelations of come to light a new report we spoke to one of the victims who found her uterus had been removed only when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. burstall of the baby was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have a huge bandage on my tammy then they explained that the baby was too big and then

26th in a good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. without me being able to conceive with any thought i should go see a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues dr will prescribe medication opera fine and when it goes there that's really learned that i didn't have the terrace at all i don't think there was anything wrong with me i didn't have any complications before birth and i didn't have any complications after birth for some reason for i'm known reason they just decided to move my uterus i'm seeing it and non-greasy in because as i'm sitting in this moment i don't know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr ed ridge who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i don't know to save my life from white but the commission for general quality

investigated complaints from 48 victims africa saw sterilization. a trophy hospital staff forced some of the women to sign consent forms for the procedure now according to the world health organization the country suffers from the world's largest epidemic more than 4000000 women positive according to the report a legal sterilization was carried out in 15 public cause of those between 200220054 the study was complicated by the fact hospital staff tried to hide documentation of the victim we spoke to says she's not even it should be positive. i'm not any training positive our high. offices they are quite aware of this and i'll say this on camera they are quite aware of the practice and you know doing anything no one is being held accountable it seems like our doctors of the law i didn't the same and i couldn't have signed it because at that time i was

a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didn't same any consent form no woman deserves to go through what i am going through all that and what you are all going through is literally listeria lives i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that i am singing today because the time bearable or the pain that comes with guests and there is unbearable and most of all rights violated my rights as a human being we are very late and my regret is a woman and ted my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman ever in south africa should go through what we are going through we have got in touch with south africa's health authorities for calling all bring you any response the health minister now wants to urgently investigate the issue. a trial is underway in the netherlands of 3 russians are ukrainian accused of donning a flight m.h. 17 the malaysian airlines boeing was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine

almost 6 years ago killing all 298 people on board a russian rejects the accusations and claims the investigation is biased or do you charlotte has been following the case. we've been getting lots of information about how the court will proceed not just over the next few weeks but over the next few months and beyond this is all taking place at the court behind me which is this critical judicial complex in the shadow here of the airport where m.h. 17 made that final flight that fatal flight which ended in the deaths of 298 individuals what we know is that all 4 men the 3 russians and one ukrainian have denied the charges against them those charges of been suspected of being involved in transporting a book a missile from russia into eastern ukraine 3 of the men will be tried in absentia they are not here the 4th man or leg. is also not here but he has

a defense team that he has appointed and he has denied outright all of the charges against him the names of the victims of the mh 17 crash all read out to the court this morning the judge the head judge describing the heavy soilent in the court as people listened to those names he also talked about this being a court case that had already been played out in the media and he said it was something that had fired debates we've also heard from the opening remarks of the prosecution team who talked also about the family victims and their statements. and other relative explained in detail how the family responded how difficult it was he describes her sorrow like this everything feels meaningless i have no energy connection with life's good. while this criminal trial will come as a relief for some for others it will be

a heavy burden to bear every time the inmate 17 investigation appears in the news one relative may feel hopeful as their wounds reopened well the head judge described what happened to m.h. 17. is being an atrocious disaster he also said that while the 4 men are suspected of being involved in transporting that took a missile from russia to ukraine and the trials will be held simultaneously they cases will not be joined we've been taking a look back at how this court case arrived it's a trial it's set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainian are accused of helping to bring a book missile launch from russia into eastern ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and that's because dutch

prosecutors say they face significant risks to their safety but even before the court has heard a single argument some are treating the trial as a story that already has no stone left unturned brushes probably involved and if involved they're probably going to cover it up 51 percent of russians and directly involved are right now because. it's russia's fault. it's clear some don't need to wait for any court verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention in the bit of media campaign has taken an unprecedented scale of russia and its citizens are presumed guilty that is unacceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory that prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a missile system was transported from russia into the donetsk region of ukraine in

the days before it was fired now russia says that's not true it's presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number. can be traced all the way back to the $980.00 s. when it says it was transported to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and it's there it stayed after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. but the joint investigation team into the mh 17 tragedy has russia says ignored what it believes is a crucial piece of the jigsaw russia was also refused full participation in the probe and as such says it will not recognize the verdict reached here by the court despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint investigation team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the russian federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to a dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these

materials were ignored by the joint investigation team this includes a test by the book manufacturer to try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. russia claims that test shows the mis are likely came from an area controlled by ukrainian forces but the findings were checked it by the g i t with its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. we have established that the russian federation was complicit in the downing of m.h. 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved

the country's national carrier but his thought is they were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the country's now. former prime minister has raised doubts from the very beginning we see too much politics in the idea was to find old hold this happened when not all there. seem to be concerned that it needs to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial for them this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already crane for not closing its skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless

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