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

and i welcome to r.t. international life from moscow hawkins were you to begin from tonight's 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 the model for oil falls amid fears about the krona virus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia with more here's a little. quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free 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 essentially to 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 we'll wait to see what happens next we discuss

the situation in the oil markets with some experts here is what they said is happening and what is still to come. 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 princella 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 he was an observer of markets didn't see this coming the credit bubble 'd blowing up again this is part 0 of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia is the best 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. such as president was in brussels on monday in a bid to find

a compromise in the unfolding market crisis that the greek turkish border because it comes about a deepening diplomatic standoff between n. korea and athens that's left tens of thousands stranded at the frontier as 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 sharp michele the european council president and live 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 to keep that these talks were important in establishing progress in the short to medium to long term and he said that the could now be taken over by. the 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 interest 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 on the line said its 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 is unhappy 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. that turkey will be looking for more cash essentially from the european union if that's coming and in walked for 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 as your political analyst believes the e.u. wants the ramp up the pressure on turkey but doesn't have the means. it was

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

a reality check on the ground. in an attempt to curb the spread of the crow virus italian prime minister. it's the nationwide ban on all public gatherings the drastic measures come as the number of infections in the world's 2nd worst hit country reach over 9000 growing by more than 101 taught 1001 day or 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 lee 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 in the latest restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails besides the malls 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 daughter prison in milan burning items and shouting freedom the most severe of all to see the northern city of more than i wish left 6 inmates dead while in sicily the relatives of some detainees gathered near a jail concerned 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 this 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 part of a foreigner who believes that a user effort so far for the short. definitely they are in the prisoner's interests but of course d.c. is so used to to outcries within the christians and try to get the permissions to

return home at least don't really so be says quite disturbing events measures to be increased in the prisons because of course the inmate somebody close to each other the possibility oh well the virus means they're. all this out pricing is. not actually not just definitely. this is a bit of far mismatch in the provisions that the doctor says but on the other hand they say say them in italy is a democratic country and there are a number of interests to be taken into account the e.u. has confidences and can intervene above the member states but even in this case because passage of the e.u. to intervene in this emergency as being very vague. calling

just the sort of solidarity among states which has not been seen. to it is slapped its new manipulated media tag on a video released by the white house about joe biden it's 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 reelection was inevitable the full version. can not get reelected he cannot win this reelection should we can only reelect donald trump. if you're in fact righetti gays in the circular firing squad despite an early lead by senator bernie saunders former vice president joe biden has emerged as the front runner in the democratic race off there emerging victorious from super tuesday recent polls indicate he's also favored by a hall of registered democratic voters bawden is certainly riding on the wave of

high profile endorsements from former candidates but his campaign hasn't been without a fair share of gaffes like this latest one. was 2 this my dear sister valerie and i knew it was i was shocked i mean i was this my sister they should i was in and it was innocent mistake. but it could still cause trouble if he becomes president. here's a call back number 30. 17 nope that's the word nuclear launch codes this was. one of the 1st rules of politics you never want to confuse your wife or your sister that's it 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. yeah it was always spoke with a former u.s. state senator john william louden for his take on twitter his action. it's absolutely censor censorship we have all these social media companies become giants

they are 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 it puts people in 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 the that 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. scores of south african women were sterilized in public hospitals without consent the revelations of come

to light a new report we spoke to one of the victims who follow the 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 and i c section i remember when i walked up i asked them why they have each by nature in my family then they explained that the b. was too big and then 26 to make good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. but that me being able to conceive without thought or 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 when i learned that i didn't have the cheerios 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 here at 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. the commission for gender equality investigated complaints from 48 victims south africa source the realization as a way to fight the hospital staff some of the cases force women to sign consent forms for the procedure according to the world health organization the country suffers from the world's largest epidemic and more than 4000000 women are positive in the country according to the report illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 public hospitals between 20022005 but the study was complicated by the fact that the hospital staff tried to hide the documentation the victim we spoke to those

says she is not even a positive. positive all our high. offices they are quite aware of this and i'll say this in the camera they are quite aware of the practice and they 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 with me all the time also didn't claim any consent form no woman deserves to go through what i am going through what and why to are all going through it is literally realized i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that i'm singing today because it's an bearable with the pain that comes with this it's a it's unbearable and most of all rights. to my rights as a human being were 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 contacted south africa's health authorities for comment will bring any response the health minister wants to urgently investigate the issue. a trial has got underway in the netherlands of 3 russians on the ukrainian accuse the over the darling of flight m.h. 17 when asian airlines boeing was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine almost 6 years ago killing all 298 people on board russia rejects the accusations and playing with the investigation is biased charlotte dubious he's been following the case. we've been getting lots of information about how the call to 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 the scriptural 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 silence 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 stay. another 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 or still connection with life. 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 from the other has 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 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. 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 russia's probably involved and if involved they're probably going to cover it up 51 percent say russians and directly involved 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 you know can bring in the media campaign has taken an unprecedented scale it shows have russia and its citizens. 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 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 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 our 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 jacketed by the g i t with its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible for

lucia that r.t. 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 the authorities there 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. the idea was to find old hold. on there. seemed to be concern 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 so 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 it skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. r.t. them. the latest survey by the group of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america has revealed a high level of suicidal thoughts among service members 30 shows almost half have considered taking their lives since joining the military around 2 thirds know a veterans who have killed themselves this all comes as no surprise the iraq war veteran and antiwar activist and. most of the veterans that i know i think have.

indeed i had those thoughts and i think. your mindset changes quite dramatically. throughout your service set i think after being deployed and especially if you. had seen or experienced combat and i think. after those deployments and then deploying multiple occasions i think all of this plays a factor in whether or not. that or ins are more prone to commit suicide to become violent to become addicted to drugs or alcohol people come home and lives in relationships and families are put under incredible stress because people are coming home and after having experienced all of those horrific things often turn to very destructive behavior to cope with those things. almost 40 percent of its friends also report

a lack of job opportunities after that this post but it 3 veterans say they face a loss of purpose they struggle with reintegration into the community normal social interaction health problems and getting treatment or other issues vincent about away again says getting out of wars globally would help. the u.s. government unfortunately is not doing enough and the u.s. government has done more over the years the veterans administration is in much better shape today than it was 15 years ago when i 1st started using it but that's not because the government took it upon themselves to do it it's because thousands of veterans and family members of veterans stood up and fought for those things and of course the wars continue to go on so we need to deescalate all of the current wars we need to withdraw from afghanistan completely we need to withdraw from iraq we need to withdraw from syria we need to withdraw from libya we need to withdraw

forces from somalia and all over africa. and that would be the best 1st step if we don't the the best thing you can do for veterans is to not create more veterans that's it for now just gone $530.00 here in moscow boom bust get me away just a few of it's time the team went back in 30 minutes with the latest cable news headlines see about the. best cars are survival guide ecstacy just like walt to start simply reading all these are. you sure it's still there are you going to get it back. oh heck no this is a repatriation scheme where we get the rest in 7 years. philip to separate us

kaiser for. hello. global markets comment amid widespread sell on and i'm loyal and. this is the one business show you can apply to that i'm christiane and i'm bridgeboro in washington coming up the market bloodbath rages on amid infection fears and oil has stalled with prices dropping below $40.00 a barrel we take a look at the big picture and what the future may have been killed. and the world health organization says the possibility of the corona virus becoming a pandemic is the very real we will break it down and discuss what can be done to control the spread of the virus. the chairwoman.