a u.s. general confirms washington is in the process of bringing air defense systems into iraq to protect american troops from a potential ukrainian attack that after 2 marines are killed in iraq during an anti operation. also this hour a lot of could potentially run again for president if the public votes for new changes in the russian constitution next month. plus fires of riots and death violence sweeps at least prisons after the state's strict response to the spread of the coronavirus.

you're watching our 2 international bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.s. is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u.s. central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. we are also in the process of bringing air defense systems ballistic missile defense systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against a bit another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the united states and the islamic republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u.s. central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal ballistic missiles despite international condemnation around remains the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism now it's important to note that the iraqi

parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the united states let's remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now it's also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u.s. military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u.s. military personnel killed by i still sense truck declared the group had been totally defeated the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory we're doing a great job with isis we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly the ice is caliphate. has been decimated in another short

period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated so despite the fact that 2 u.s. marines were killed by the ice still terrorists the united states continues to take the position under the leadership of the trump white house that your rob a country that has been key in the battle against isis is somehow the greatest source of terrorism in the region. but a mere putin hasn't ruled out staying in power if that's what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m.p. as the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution or the president said it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month and it would also have to be approved by the constitutional court my colleague and her former was given all the details by maran gusta. so my reported mr putin say exactly well his speech his address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary

he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit of the number of presidential terms anyone president can serve and here vladimir putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. society should have guarantees that the regular changes. we need to think about future generations will do should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution and the number of presidents returned to look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected something better to come of it and every time what they got was the

opposite of corruption mass deaths it's been hectic not only putin says there's no more appetite for revolutions in russia but people want change and this is you know this is inside everyone of us we want you blood and he says the point of a limit to the number of times a president can serve is to make sure that there's new ideas new faces coming into the government all the time taking russia into a new level evolving and helping keep up with the times but last me a putin was also asked of another potential constitutional amendment of the reset of his presidential limit so potentially allowing him to serve another 2 terms given how wide reaching these constitutional amendments are they're changing almost every aspect. of life for russians and here's what we're putin had to say on potentially that. the 2nd proposal means removing the restriction from any

citizen and the incumbent president inclusively and allowing the future participation in the elections if citizens support this amendment during the vote on april 22nd this option would only be possible under one condition if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the laws of the constitution it worth mentioning is that vladimir putin didn't say whether he would run for another term if the constitutional court deemed these potential amendments regarding resetting his presidential terms as legitimate as legal you know that's still up in the air and how do you think the public would react to this then if they had the chance to vote on what people people are going to react differently i mean loudly of putin's support his support levels his poll numbers away up he still has a majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th presidential term ease an old face and he said himself that you know new blood is

needed new faces are needed in government people people want new people want evolution. and here again people will be voting only on whether vladimir putin is allowed to run for another 2 terms this is a whole host of issues and the moments that people will be voting for a new livable minimum wage establishing marriage as something union between a man and a woman forbidding parliamentarians potential candidates with a jewel citizenship for running from running for high office so these are this is a huge array of changes and likely a putin here says that they're absolutely necessary that was the gist of his speech to parliament because times are changing. he's a troubled nevertheless that is his take on how things will turn out it is entirely another whether russians agree with him and the vote is next month in

april and that is when people will decide ultimately whether the believe his words where they believe that these amendments will make for a better tomorrow. italy has been dealing with its 1st full day on lockdown over the coronavirus the number of infections nationwide has now surpassed 10000 of the number of deaths has grown to more than 630 the country is the 2nd worst affected after china. if i am a book descended to create that we can sum up with the expression of homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or 2 on our peninsula there will be at least at least that it is a protected zone. amid the tight new restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails in the country prisoners and belonging i have been riding since yesterday after they took over a jail and have it on fire and milan inmates were filmed on the rooftop burning

items and shouting freedom and 6 detainees died in clashes in the northern city of modena on sicily relatives of prisoners gathered near a jail concern that prisoners could be infected by the covert 1000 virus prisoners are reportedly angered by new rules which have seen family visit suspended so this is in the italian capital lined up in long queues at supermarkets on monday night after the country's pm extended the lockdown measures to the entire country meanwhile some italians were seen fleeing from the pick of the outbreak in the north to sicily in the south. i miss it you wish and requires a strong sense of responsibility especially when. i'm coming from the nato and probably put myself in voluntary foreign to them i do not think it is a right time to exporting germans. in any case it is a question of respect for us and for others in particular because i'm 25 years old

there are family members are. literally we're in a situation we're finding this place is getting complicated he said the situation is already out of. school it's clearly that everyone takes on their responsibilities and that's a proof proof precautions are taken with someone still a. political analyst paulo rough on believes that efforts to contain the virus have fallen short so far. italy is a democratic country and there are a number of interests to be taken into account already the effects of the stock markets are very severe and therefore the government is trying to find a middle way between the containment of the virus and the economic needs but the 1st thing is the participation responsible to disappear should not be done citizens if this doesn't happen in the least no way to contain fires you have as

confidence is and can intervene above the member states but even in this case because firstly of the you to intervene in this emergency has been very vague. just the sort of solidarity among states which has not been seen. after wall street suffered its 1st automatic halt in trading and more than 2 decades with stocks falling nearly 8 percent world markets seem to be slowly recovering so is the price of oil which also went into freefall yesterday after a price for triggered by saudi arabia and in the u.s. the dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by oil price war that stunned markets around the world we had a huge market event yesterday as a lot of investors repriced that oil shock the crash restart markets in

a 2000 point swing on the dow the same for what happens today business news now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst stay since 1901 oil prices plunged 30 percent on what's been dubbed black monday and the biggest single day fall sense the 1st iraq war was sparked by a spat between crude suppliers riyadh and moscow who couldn't agree on a deal on production. saudi arabia says it's slashing oil prices to grab market share from russia it falls russia's refusal last week to back an opec plan to cut oil production to bolster its price moscow believes that would only benefit high cost producers in the u.s. russia's energy minister had this to say about the situation. unfortunately opec plus partners which side is that they're meeting to reduce on a seduction by the end of the year. sharon said we did not consider options of course this led to the fact that low consensus was reached the extension of the

agreement starting from april 1st. have the opportunity to independently confirm their production policy on the belief that yesterday's very strong decline in world markets and accordingly prices this was primarily cause but it was not appeared on weekends and saudi am close it offered its consumers an additional price reduction however today we can see that markets it's partially recovered showing about 7 percent growth see how the situation develops but it seems to me that the panic that took hold yesterday has already partially subsided the market now. let's break all of this down with roberto d'ambrosio who is the c.e.o. of x. you are global now moscow has been accused by some of starting a price war while others say we are the one who sent the oil price tumbling so who or what led to the stock market crash on monday. well it's a combination of factors actually of course we have the impact of the crisis which

is made by the corona virus spreading around europe italy we have just seen it your your reporting on it and then of course this situation with oriel which is a bit complicated and so far i've never seen anything like this at the end of the day. the aim of saudi arabia the. country's. 2 car. different auctions so that's the prize might mean sustained higher level given the drop in in the in demand that would come especially from china after what happened with the partial shutdown of the of the country but then the reaction by saudi arabia with actually. need to have some of the price of oil ended up by having was it the fact that they were seeking in the 1st place. so this is something a pretty pretty much unprecedented and. acted on the market even more

pressure to it and we have seen what the outcome is we have had the 1st drop in price since the early ninety's and the stock market tumbling everywhere even the dow jones have really posted with their worst one day drop ever so yes the 2 things are definitely correlated and the strategy behind it is not treated. so well prices have dropped drastically people are saying that it's great since it means cheaper fuel we've even had donald trump tweeting his support for cheap oil but is that a bit shortsighted are they not thinking of the consequences that are going to come a little bit farther down the line. yeah definitely it is because there is a fair one let's say price that is the pressure to be floating around when it's too low you have a few mechanisms that spark of fun back of course the impact on the anti economies

around the around the world that will definitely impact on their consumption so on that the global demand for good and this is not a good a good idea or a good new for for the for the economy as a whole they act on all 'd the. companies which are related to all production refineries which are usually wastes a lot on the stock indexes of many countries so there are a few very important outcomes especially the pressure on the global demand in terms of goods that comes from a lower income coming from to the price prices being too low we've been speaking to you about today ambrosius c.e.o. of x. your i global thank you for your time and your comments thank you very much for having me. u.k. army veterans from the commonwealth an international association of state formerly part of the british empire have criticized what they call the grave injustice that

they can be deported and these from the ruling conservative party are now calling on the government to help former service members with the complex and costly procedures to stay in the country it's hard to imagine people more entitle to live in our islands than those who are forced to defend them we need to look hard at these cases and ensure we support those who should have been able to stay all on this does seem wrong i hope the home office will rectify this quickly and save these former british soldiers from the trauma of court proceedings and further delay. under home office rules commonwealth veterans who have served at least 4 years in the u.k. armed forces can apply for indefinite leave to remain also known as settlement however many cannot afford the procedures which can cost thousands of pounds and those who don't apply could be forced to leave britain about or in told us that their treatment by the government is appalling we should not be. made an obligation to do almost many occasions and then. you see me and excusing me

all of. the armed forces from the from the army that refuse me from working in. which and i know i have. only money. i mean there's room. for them and i have that. i mean there's room that. they need to do is give me the ruby and. the wife of a british soldier from south africa has started an online petition to make a life long stay in the u.k. free for all commonwealth veterans she shared her thoughts on the story with us. they have so soured me in country they have for clinton country i mean what has been the lebanese he's done 2 tours he's. straight oh and under nafta a terrorist attack they are not entitled to any benefits or anything like that why

have we charges such a ridiculous amount of money for them to remain in the u.k. pop to death done everything that's done we believe life to children and that it was come to be john's unseasonal i was a bit worried that it's like i said oh ok we need to start making sure that money aside and the face just kept going up and up every year every day when they go up the risk of my husband and son but to subclass occur to me having to explain it's much too young to have if anything happen to him genuinely career i think they need to re-evaluate the course. there have been significant irregularities in democratic primary voting including close or relocated polling stations and extremely long lines as according to the league of united latin american citizens we got the views of independent news site the gray zone who said the organization of american states should look at the claims. the u.s. must send an emergency election monitoring team to the united states to ensure

independent scrutiny of a presidential primary that has been marred by clear regularities and the systematic and highly discriminatory obstruction of citizen's right to vote in the united states what we actually have witnessed are major discrepancies between exit polling data in the democratic 2020 primary and the final computer count which is being conducted in a very opaque fashion we've seen in minority and poor communities people having to wait in line for 5 hours just to vote in the state of texas 750 polling places have been removed since 2012 that means there is one polling place for every 7700 people and this is particularly an acute problem in latino and african-american areas why are there no election monitors in the u.s. why does the oas only send election monitors to places like bolivia 'd to falsely allege fraud and trigger military coups if texas or new hampshire or south carolina

were socialist latin american countries the cia through the oas would have already installed a stick right wing government like that of janine on is today in bolivia and october of last year the oas accused bolivia socialist government of irregularities and vote counting which led to even morale is having to step down after being told to by his military however a new top level u.s. study has found no evidence of election fraud and the former bolivian leader who is now in political asylum in argentina says the oas stole the election. last year we won in the 1st round you know researchers and scientists are demonstrating that there was no fraud on october 20. 3 and let's not have any fear of dictatorship brothers and sisters we are going to defeat the dictatorship with democracy with the conscience of the bolivian people. the un human rights organization has expressed concern over the prosecution of dozens of people close to the former

president libya is now headed by a right wing conservative government led by janine on yes who proclaimed herself in term president taylor picks up the story. but libya was promised peace what i got was beatings bullets and a whole lot of. the. once boldly waving from the balcony of the presidential palace the self appointed interim president janine anya is now high eaves from angry crowds who are chanting assassin killer traitor because the woman who promised peace. assume the presidency with a midget a fact in line with the constitution and pledge to take all measures necessary to bring peace to the country has waged war on john and as politicians and on have very own people.

the director of the state radio station was tired to a tree and humiliated for hours. an incident that was reportedly documented by argentine journalist mauro who was found unconscious in his home a day later with injuries to different parts of his body and who died 6 days later . the. various foreign ministers described whole east containing their home address as telephone numbers family addresses and other personal information are being circulated viral facebook and other social media.

it has also been publicly reported that the wire flares bodies of several people were. kielty in the midst of her disappearance allegedly after being collected by law enforcement officers and no further information has been provided on them says she's already cracking down on the violent supporters of the previous government but either way it seems it's easier to make promises of peace when you haven't had a taste of power yet manda parity bang is quite likes the taste because despite promising not to seek election may she's decided to throw her hat into the ring of to rule now washington must be pleased it was off to rule in its support of the democratic regime change in the latin american country but it also considers itself the need of the free walled so surely such reports of brutality would deserve at

least a slap on the wrist no. silence for as good as silence to the killings to the beatings to the tear gas a diluted let's all be well behaved and it's not a one off pass why was the indignation when hundreds of human rights activists and leftwing community leaders were killed in colombia when there was peace killings in brasilia neighborhoods all when the president was allegedly linked to drug traffickers there wasn't any or it was hard hearted best and what do they all have in common all the countries are run by right wing governments who only have nice things to say about donald trump latin america has long been washington's playground from panama to guatemala from venezuela to grenada washington has been keen to strong arm in sympathetic leaders and it seems that once that in

human rights be damned. staying in south america a demonstration called by venezuelan opposition leader has ended with clashes between protesters and police thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched there caracas on tuesday are tensions boiling over. demonstrators were hoping to reach the national assembly and renew a campaign to oust the pro-government lawmakers before being blockaded by a security barricade riot police then fired tear gas in a bed to disperse the crowds this was the 1st rally call by why go into returning to vote as well from a high profile tour to drum up international support and a bid to unseat president nicolas maduro the opposition leader declared himself interim president after launching a movement to oust madero last year. that's all for this hour news wise but if

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with all of our knowledge all of our are within our know how the world would once again be in panic mode over one small little teeny weeny organism so small you can even see it with their make it up yes the coronavirus is still globe trotting and making headlines by arc watchers as nations around the globe hope to slow its role italy just inactive one of the largest ever attempts to restrict the movement of people in a democracy with a lock down of a northern region affecting the almost 16000000 people and israel got in the game announcing a 14 day quarantine for all international arrivals not just people traveling from countries with major outbreaks meanwhile back here in the good old us of a our congress one full panic mode because not only is wall street still tumbling but the coronavirus made a surprise visit to what was once the republican party's safe haven the

conservative political action conference or c. pac yes now thanks to its cameo it see pac the coronavirus has forced u.s. senator ted cruz to self quarantine for 14 days after he briefly shook hands with the sea pack carrier. but coded 19 sounds like come on irene isn't the only small little virus leaving bodies in its wake and making headlines these days no blackwater zone former founder erik prince is back in the hot seat after a new york times investigation uncovered that the war profiteer helped recruit former american and british spies for a secretive intelligence gathering operation that included infiltrating democratic congressional campaigns labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the agenda or other words just another day at the office for the mercenary mogul and younger brother of secretary of education betsy the boss. who they are.