u.s. general confirms washington is in the process of bringing defense systems into iraq to protect american troops from a potential of rain and attack that altitude marines are killed in iraq during an operation. that mr putin could potentially run again for president if the public votes for a new changes in the russian constitution next month also had. fires riots and the violence weeks it's nice presents off to the state strict response to the spread of the coronavirus.

every hour on the hour this is r.t. international as ari would welcome to the program from everyone here in moscow. what lots of stories for you so let's jump in 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 good job with those as 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 isis 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 itself despite the fact that 2 u.s. marines were killed by the i 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 went on to walk to 1st can stay in things the u.s. military presence in the mideast as he increases the chance the conflict we have to keep in mind that this so-called defense of capacity in a few hours could be changed to an authentic capacity and be used to target sites in iran the presence of the united states in iraq and syria is

a provocation to all the people in the middle east who want to reassert their and national sovereignty and territorial integrity and here comes the u.s. and and plunks itself down in the middle of the region and tries to recolonize countries such as syria iraq yemen all these things all the all that the us does is increase the tensions in the middle east it increases the likelihood of a wider regional war and even god forbid a world war. well let's head now to syria where a fragile peace in the ethnic province is still holding with russia and discussing ways to strengthen it it's been reported that he might even start with touring its heavy weaponry a cease fire was arranged last week live 5 latin appearance not his toughest county bought off to fighting intensified in atlanta at the end of february he became

involved in an escalation with the syrian army after 33 of its soldiers was killed in an asteroid while sister channel r.t. arabic has been traveling with patrols along the border. the ill carry that now we fly over the us and the east in one of the russian into the girls from the reserve. near the american soldiers positions.

of some russian politics perhaps met putin hasn't ruled out staying and power if that's what the people want the suggestions fos made by an m.p. as the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution however the president said it would of course 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 well out of my colleague on to families given more details from more audacity of. 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 on the number of presidential terms anyone president can serve here blog me a putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. for

the long room society should have guarantees that the regular change of power will be ensured we need to think about future generations should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution a restriction on the number of presidential terms 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 helping keep up with the times but blood near 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. life for russians and here is what that 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 their future participation in the elections if citizens to 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 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 likely of putin's support his support levels his poll numbers way up he still has majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th presidential term ease 'd 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 amendments and people will be voting for

a new livable minimum wage establishing marriage as something union between a man and a woman beating parliamentarians potential candidates with a jewel citizenship for running from running for high office so these are this is a huge array of changes that were put in here says that they're absolutely necessary that was the gist of his speech to parliament because times are changing . these are 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 they believe his words where they believe these amendments will make for a better tomorrow. headline story for you it really has been dealing with its 1st full day in lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus the number of infections nationwide has

now surpassed 10000 while the death toll has grown to more than 630 the country is the 2nd was to fact after china. i'm about to send a decree that we can sum up with the expression homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or a zone on or peninsula there will be. that it is a protected zone amid the tight new restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails prisoners and the lawn your have been writing since yesterday fact after they took over a jail and set it on fire in milan and rates were filmed on the rooftop burning items and shouting freedom and 6 detainees died in clashes in the northern city of mcdonough meanwhile in sicily relatives of prisoners gathered near a jail concerned that prisoners could be infected by the covert virus prisoners a report to the angered by new rules which have seen family visits suspended. and

other scenes citizens in the italian capital $9.00 in long queues are supermarkets on monday night after the country's pm extended the lockdown matches the entire country meanwhile some italians were seen fleeing from the epicenter of the outbreak in the north to sicily in the south. but this isn't usually requires a strong sense of responsibility especially for younger ones because for example i'm coming from the nato and probably put myself in voluntary quarantine and i do not think it is the right time to go around exporting germs in case aggregate them in any case it is a question of respect for us and for others in particular because i'm 25 years old but our family members are older. fortunately we are in a situation where finding a safe place is getting complicated as the situation has already got out of hand therefore one hopes for is clearly that everyone takes on their responsibilities

and that's appropriate precautions are taken both for oneself as for others obstetrician gynecologist spoke with us earlier about the risk of infection from that 19 protectively if the pregnant woman. reports about the current developments we're getting from our colleagues in china say that pregnant women do not belong to the risk group all information about the peculiarities and complications we're getting so many from military sources i would like to highlight that there's not a single pregnant woman among the few coronavirus infected people in russia and not a single child as far as i know all the information we're getting is from foreign literature i'm currently reading report describing the 19 pregnant women infected by mild coronavirus 4 of them successfully gave birth and the crucial thing is that they did not transmit the corona virus to their children either by blood or any other way if you do not belong to the risk group it does not mean that you do not pose

a threat to those who surround you or the elder population to your parents you should not relax. to wall street suffered its 1st automatic halt in trading in more than 2 decades with stocks falling nearly 8 percent while markets seem to be slowly recovering so is the price of oil which also went into freefall on monday after a price war 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 we store at market the no 2000 point swing on the dow it's the same for what happens today business news now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 100921 all prices plunged 30 percent on what's been dubbed black monday in

the biggest single day for since the fast iraq war it was sparked by a spot between top crude suppliers of riyadh moscow who couldn't agree on a deal on production. saudi arabia says it is slashing oil prices to grab markets up from russia it follows russia's refusal last week to back an opec plan to cut oil production to bolster its price with moscow believing that would only benefit high cost producers in the u.s. russia's energy minister had this to say about the whole situation. unfortunately opec plus partners decided at their meeting to reduce oil production by the end of the year by $1500000.00 barrels and they did not consider any other options of course this led to the fact that no consensus was reached on the extension of the agreement and starting from april the 1st of all countries have the opportunity to independently determine their production policy only yesterday very strong decline in world markets and accordingly will prices this was primarily

caused by mean use that appeared on the weekend that saudi am co had offered its consumers an additional price reduction however today we can see that markets are partially recovered sharing about 7 percent growth we'll see how the situation develops but it seems to me that the panic that took hold yesterday has already partially subsided the market now more stable unless told us that saudi arabia is playing a losing game. anyone who's an observer markets could see this coming the credit bubble blowing up again this is part of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia has the best hand at that you know a lot of coal oil going you know russia's cost of energy is about $7.00 a barrel ok saudi arabia has close to $3.00 a barrel but russia has got no debt and they've been buying goal meanwhile in usa

and america their cost is closer to $50.00 about 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 the current situation clearly the saudis are to blame they have taken a movies whose only benefits the only potential advantage in the general strategic mikey of allien terms is the surprise tadi arabia vastly increased production to create a huge price drop and 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 of 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. coming up some fact friends from outside the u.k. who saw in the armed forces us into legal action against the government as a visa fees i'll tell you all about it in just a moment. what is the difference between embarrassing gaffes and elder abuse joe biden certainly excels at the former and maybe is the big name of the latter we are told the mention of mental health is off limits to what degree is the public the right to

know. the world is driven by shaped by one person or those with. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back u.k. army veterans from the commonwealth which is an international association of states for my part of the british empire have criticised what they call the grave injustice that they could be deported and pleas from the ruling conservative party are now calling on the government to help form a 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 have fought to defend them we need to look hard at these cases and ensure we support those who should have been able to stay all. 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 her office rules commonwealth the trans 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 at that and told us that that treatment by the government is appalling we should not be in these a. 1000000 application to the almost any occasion. in reading you see me and refusing me all of. the armed forces from the from the. refuse me from working in. which and i know i have. only money. i mean there's room. for them and now. i'm in there's room. to do is. remain as true. 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. they have so many in country they have fought for clinton country i mean what has been the

only don't shoot. straight. do not after a terrorist attack. they're not entitled to any benefits or anything. why would we charge you such a ridiculous amount of money for them to remain in the u.k. after death everything that's done we lived life to children and it was come to the junction says a lot was a big. slice it oh ok we need to start making sure that money aside and going up and up every day will go on the risk of my husband and. me having to explain to my 2 young children if anything happened in journalism career i think that they need to re-evaluate the course. a new u.k. streaming service has slapped a warning label on old episodes of the b.b.c. classic dr who boxes move follows complaints that references to asian people in an

episode from 1997 are racist the episode in question titled the talents of. a white actor made up to pay an east asian character the words used in the programme to describe as a parents have been branded as an acceptable. it's really hard to watch because yellow face is so on acceptable now when you are somebody who was called in your childhood as i have been it's so hard to hear that word and not feel immediately a trigger reaction of how ron it is we put the issue up for debate with commentator and new york observer columnist andre walker. i think actually we should have access to films and videos and t.v. programs that were made in the past even if they include content that might be deemed offensive today now the bigger problem of course is that brit box which has been launched by the b.b.c. and i.t.v.

has not been very successful and that's partly because it's removed a whole swathe of programmes that's pretty people might want to watch because of one or 2 remarks that might seem off color today when on trade talks about using himself as a cultural counterpoint upon which we are to measure things i'm for one i'm getting sick and tired of having rightwing pro tory pro far right male journalists of commentators telling black people that muslims whether they should be offended or chinese people with it should be offended a white thespian being made up in yellow face and then using offensive language which would be as a sense of his for any other cost or creed i mean we haven't we just made a piece of television that actually does include a little bit of racism where mossad's white males should not be allowed to comment on the it's not a show or this issue that actually is a place of right and i said i'm sick and tired of where i mentally and i feel i know how to live i place

a family got to be fair and balanced about this this is old school comedy it's a little bit out of date when you watch something like alf garnett to me the joke was that being a great sixties a bit ridiculous and the bit silly but at the same time you see something with sasha baron cohen today and if you look at it his character bharat part of what was funny about bharat was that he had ridiculous outdated views of jewish people he was a massive founds he said so you know caricature and racism are ridiculing it is an important part of comedy that i would stand by in terms of yeah this is you do this in david allen where this isn't this isn't about it i will as i go out. as far as brooks is concerned like the colb only this kind of publicity not really you can get this kind of coverage however you know these are data that we do need better systems in place it's all very easy to talk about the past in negative terms but progress is the nature of progress is that people in the past will seem to be

backward well they are a little bit backward compatible but i think there's no harm if being able to watch those programs or the way. that sound in south america now a demonstration cooled by venezuelan opposition need to go has ended with clashes between protesters and police thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched through caracas on tuesday with tensions boiling over. demonstrators were hoping to reach the national assembly angry new a campaign to oust pro government lawmakers before being blocked by security barricades riot police than 5 tear gas to try and despite the crowds this was the 1st rally cooled by quiet since returning to venezuela from a high profile tool which was planned to drum up international support in a bid to unseat president nicolas maduro the opposition needed to cleanse himself

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