the world has new come a tory johnson rishi select u.k. budget promised enough to tackle coronavirus we'll ask former scotland secretary david mendell all the more good we'll be in today's going underground but 1st i'm here of the contemporary gallery in mayfair in london with the high representatives of the united kingdom of the kurdistan region over iraq cohen jamal to here thank you so much for inviting us into the gallery can i just ask you 1st tell me about the exhibition here in london and how it is inspired by the journeys of a community that is what up to 35000000 people in the world yes well thank you so much for having me today and thanks for coming to this art exhibit should this art exhibit is part of the concept of cultural diplomacy of could have some original government representation here in london we initiated this project for one to promote the kurdish culture in britain 2nd to create

a platform for our artists included some region so they can. get out from the local exhibit into international exhibition because they're from iraq and from syria and the whole different regions know this is particularly from current stump region of iraq so the artist came from can somebody general for iraq we have 5 artists who contributed to participated in this art exhibition and it is sort of flexion all of them yes of denial repression of the kurdish people into some preachers and under their hand of dictatorship saddam assam throughout his thrall in iraq and also reflected in the values that we believe in couldn't some region the valuable piece the valis of course existence and the value of empowerment of women. flaw you mention in justice there i

understand you're going to have a rally at the house of commons about the massacre the anniversary of which is on the 17th of march just to explain with an object a massacre was because obviously that was a time when the united states and britain supported saddam hussein's yes well let me add to the arctic submission i was so pleased and delighted that this art exhibit and coincide with. to mull towards events in march 1 of them that shoot just mentioned an uprising include some preach and the kurdish people in in kurdistan region swift the regime the boss regime and the iraqi military and within the sound region territory we stood for freedom and democracy and a prize in itself and could somebody jane was response to the years of

denial under oppression and dictatorship in iraq some viewers may not even realize that the british and the united states supported saddam hussein just tell me about the dramatic it just very briefly to remind our viewers what it was in 1988 sin gassed the city of 5000 civilian. people young people children were killed in an blink of folly and 10000 were injured. and affected by this poison gas and still. and that's caused a long tim illness for the people in a weapons sent by the americans with a sold to saddam hussein iraq is all history good as regards justice presumably good review never seen justice with the people because of the. aftermath of the

hiller well the chemical hasn't been sent by any particular country saddam san and its regime had capability of producing chemical material in iraq and they had this chemical weapon in. and in iraq who he has on you know your relations with the british foreign office and i repeat that through the goods. we surprise of the 1st big major foreign visit we normally grab the foreign secretary was to turkey to shake hands with mr herder one well this international relations i mean every country try to the maximum to maintain good relationships with international community and. it's worth mention that in 1991. britain at the time said john major and its government initiated the north flights on include

a sound region to protect the could from saddam hussein and its military to attend back at an attack because the people and at that time we started to stop blish. democratic institution we had the feste democratic election in 100-1992 when. we elected to parliament and then on government and incurred some breach and so since then i could understand become. a region of imagine democracy within this very. tough for some viewers may be surprised about the fact that you mention that given how for 1000000 children reputedly were killed by the sanctions by western governments on iraq joining the drum major government. you're saying the no fly zone which is obviously a precursor to the all out invasion of iraq looking back you see that as

a good thing the reason i'm asking of course is in recent years because of the kurdish community has aligned themselves very strongly with washington in syria well of course it was a very good thing because saddam pulled off a 1000000 children dying because of u.n. sanctions support and there was a sanction on iraq as a whole and there was to sanction on kind of stunned region at the time one international sanction and 2nd iraq sanction on could somebody because couldn't somebody gin where not longer under the general direction or control of that dictatorship since 1901 but there was also a program in oil for food oil for food so the international community or the united nations or you know as i make sure that about this that has shown hundreds of thousands of children died under this program the reason of the relevance today obviously is that the kurdish community have become deeply involved in the proxy

war in syria britain of course bombed syria what side of the good zone of the media historic mistake by aligning themselves with washington in syria given that president assad of syria are now saying we won't even talk to the kurdish community in syria until they stop being the tool of outside proxies well so a very complex situation in. in the area especially in syria the major powers conflict. in that region made this conflict the high representative in london and the kurds aligned themselves according to our sort according to putin according to rouhani you guys allied with the cia i know that's not true statement. presenting could in some regions of iraq not represented in there the kurds in syria or could see in turkey and

or could in iran. we maintain a very good relationship with the united states of america and other countries as well they were there for us at the time of need united states helped could have some region throughout that. conflict and. without the support of international community we wouldn't be able to model these victories and specially juden the isis war you're fine with the united states'. support for kurdish groups in northern syria and elsewhere and you're fine with donald trump's announcement that obviously was rejoicing financial support for kurdish groups in northern syria we were disappointed by that decision to withdraw all of the sudden from syria and leave. the kurdish group who do you think president assad thinks of that result on fact they didn't leave they

were still there and they still consider the kurdish people in syria as their credible partner and the statement is always that they have accomplished. chop to your position as representative here in london is that the united states has a rule to play in syria which of course is completely rejected by president assad in damascus the situation is really complex. united states is there. and syria some of the country are there. and some time there colliding interest between the major powers made the situation even worse and arguably has real other criticism of kurdish groups across the whole spectrum for their different positions what is your position for instance on the assassination by don't trumps forces of customs or

a money of the arabian general because as far as i understand it london has never condemned the assassination well we were really concerned about these situations because we want to maintain a good relationship with everyone. and we don't want iraq to become a battlefield for these major powers to settle their differences on iraqi soil so at the beginning when the incident happened we. we try to play a role in the escalating the situation and surprise and condemn these as nation london had their view on that incident and they made the statement on the incident and you should ask the government of britain about this question i reserve the figure thanks so much for having me and i don't know if i can shake hands because we have to prevent ourselves from this crown of vital actually measure you

mention coronavirus what is the extent of coronavirus in the rug well this epidemic it's affecting the entire world if we took. all measures to close down obo this with iran the very men begin in limiting their flight in and out. into could the stagnant out of could at some breach and we've been educating the people or the population including some breach in to avoid themselves from gathering in and this washing hand that everyone talking about it. we have 16 cases we have one dead who had a underlining condition the swabian very become very. unaffected we have a cut on teen. places which we hold 2000 people at the moment 800

of them written to their families on home and i think we've been taken tough measures in kurdistan region to stop the spread of this virus across some breeds and corridors and thank you thank. and the exhibition here. gallery in. the much of the break what is the cost of the longest war in u.s. history. the revolutionary association of the women of afghanistan was allegedly hit by one of the afghan. by the us. public money into private contractors.

in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. but dig into the burning questions of this election cycle. every week. student trade was money universal basic. running this sunday exclusively on. you see every passage is the death of something all passages involve some kind of conflict between where one is trying to reconstitute the old way of doing things but it doesn't work as a service i'm often working with people and those in between so again i think the key is how do i find my path through all of this some where do i find innocent those moments we have to start beginning to trust what is coming someone said.

welcome back british and american troops are preparing to return home after the longest war in u.s. history so after millions dead wounded or displaced what did they achieve the only 2 decades on members of one ngo called rawa the revolutionary says of the women of afghanistan still believe their fight for women's rights makes them targets for assassination joining me now via skype from kabul is heeler a representative from row of. come on was allegedly killed by u.s. sponsored afghan peace talk negotiator the so-called warlord. healer what does it say about afghanistan after the united states is longest war in its history the you can't even show your face in an interview like this and remind us who mina. was who who died 33 years ago and the at the hands of google in that much of

a one of the negotiate is at the current afghanistan peace talks sponsored by the united states we now was. eager. and. now our have been. continuing struggle for the past 30 years and we have been fighting for her assassination the only thing that the real murderer. the being behind. her murder and actually in our goal to think. well of not on the not prosecuted he was not punished

and it just goes to show that the us has not and will continue to foster and stand fundamentalist crim that the kind of. the taliban are the brother of. god and then he backyards and the us is going to continue to create and nurture terrorist organizations obviously britain in the united states now denies it's helping any terrorist they do acknowledge of they help those that were linked to those that planned $911.00. for 20 years of by bombing your country they have actually been reading it of islam is why is it 2021000 years later. around our representative doesn't feel safe showing your face. dropped 7423 bombs on your country just in

29000. the war in afghanistan. this war was never against terrorists it was again carol that are not and i repeat not on the payroll of the cia or the us the terror group that. they're going against the u.s. . and cia but other than that the u.s. has never had a war with these terrorist groups because they create a it's a known terror and the terrorist groups have really never had a war with the u.s. i mean the taliban claim to be. to fighting the u.s. forces all the time that and you can see the casualties i mean there are so many innocent civilians dying every day and they're not part of the. u.s. military the only victims in this scenario are the people and especially the

women of afghanistan. of course we don't know the numbers of afghan women or men who have died or been displaced or wounded thousands of british soldiers have been . killed or wounded in this conflict the vice president of afghanistan the national assembly if i was a coup feel welcome the international criminal court's announcements there will be it will investigate u.k. u.s. war crimes in afghanistan do you think that the women of afghanistan will get some kind of just as if war crimes are investigated the i.c.c. war crimes defacto by u.k. and u.s. soldiers the u.s. has committed. that it had been involved in mass killings it has. abused and tortured people and. i mean is it any business just a fraction. of that will that have been really needed that we could beat

if you will i mean there are there are the kinds of documents that crack the crime that you get which according to the that you know all that it don't work that what i say to get at the picture and the crank definitely need to be investigated and perpetrator and you need to be pretty cute it according to the un special rapporteur on torture we mention wiki leaks julian assange is currently being tortured according to the u.n. in london at the moment i just want to quickly ask you that if britain and the united states hadn't started bombing your country in 2001 do you think things would have been better. i think if the u.s. and britain hadn't bombed the sun how did they do the dance and then going 20 years further from 2000 which is the 980 s.

if they hadn't created the fundamentalist monsters which is the northern alliance john hartley which are in the government today which is the taliban government today and even the recent creation much of that that were exported from syria if they had not created these monsters then advanced gefen if you have been better off without them and without their direct occupation certainly this is something we always think we believe the end. so i think any of it is a put down. it's a dependable song. and then. they're lucky some equally. fundamentalist and the others who are part of the government today thank you well there was little talk of u.k. spending on wars around the world at this week's budget statement with fewer than 4

weeks in the job former goldman sachs banker in the u.k. chancellor rhee she sort of can build plans on wednesday for a multi-billion dollar government borrowing to fight couvade 19 but given the years of what the u.n. has called cruel and inhuman u.k. austerity can the money make any difference going on the ground social media producer fine i'm going to caught up with conservative m.p. and former scotland secretary david mendell outside parliament to ask him about the budget i think so far the government has made a good job of dealing with this crisis a very very difficult situation very focused on following the medical advice and the chancellor has made very clear that he will make whatever resources are necessary available to the n.h.s. to allow them to deal with the coronavirus as it emerges in the u.k. but at the point where any chest resources are stretched rather than they are at this moment then additional resources will be available. barbara songs on the government side of the and i just as part of a survey that was done on the n.h.s. doctors over 99 percent said that i just wasn't prepared so as the all of the

measures they've been outlined on limited spending for the n.h.s. if it's necessary to count the damage beyond done i think their excess is actually in pretty good shape obviously there's always more. that can be done there's always more resources that are sought but this government has demonstrated by over a period of contempt of rule a commitment to funding the n.h.s. beyond in fact any other political party here in the u.k. had committed to. so i think that we have to just focus on the 2 elements of all of coronavirus at the moment which is one you know managing the outbreak here in the u.k. to ensuring that the n.h.s. has the resources to deal with it and of course the chancellor also set out a very significant package of measures to help those people who won't be able to go

to walk during the fall as a part of the outbreak and also to help businesses get through a very difficult time and money of. such jobs resignation dominant commons was suddenly the puppet master behind the new chancellor regime tonight has though have those allegations been disproven i think rashid i said his organ budget i think he demonstrated he was a he's a one man he had a number of innovative measures that hadn't been speculated on how i thought he delivered the budget in a very common authoritative to where you know i've seen many budget say over the years and there was absolutely nothing to suggest that he wasn't up to the job of being the chancellor and was actually doing what he thought was best for this country and maybe want some maybe on the right of the consumptive policy might be saying is that because of the policies that drive to the left by the labor policies

today we saw massive skeins reinstalls spending pledges norrington national debt so there's a consult of policy to consolidate its position after the election with especially with the support of the north is a conservative policy no moving from the left i think obviously a degree of of the spending commitments are directly related to coronavirus and they are. measures of the need to be taken to ensure that our economy can get through this difficult period but with interest rates as low as they are at the moment i think there is an argument to have loosened. the a blowing constraints take forward some of these major infrastructure projects they wear out of the role things that were in our manifesto when we were elected in december and i think what's obvious is that the chancellor wants as he said to get as many of our election pledges done now that all the coronavirus measures have

been outlined by the chancellor such as the spending pledges eccentrics outre. if the u.k. has to impose the measures that say it's only say china have imposed restrictions on travel is a thought the 1000000000 pound recovery fund really an office similar package for the economy i think the chancellor is very clear that you know this is a fluid situation and maybe other measures required of me you know this package might not a in itself be sufficient and he will keep that. review i think it brings a great deal of saturday particularly for business because the people who are self employed just how do the how the system is going to walk and i think that that is helpful in the short attempt but you know we don't want to get in a situation like italy it's unlikely that the sort of measures that were taken in china would be able to fully take place here we'll have to deal with this situation

in a way that suits our own country and. the way they divide us develops and the chancellor made very clear he's flexible on that but he's me you know he's put down his initial position and i think that will be very very helpful for those people who face korean sente at the moment and just finally of course so you want to propose as a $14200000.00 people in poverty $4000000.00 children poverty is the chancellor of tax cut that he calls that hiking of the national insurance threshold that saves the average of the average walk a $104.00 pounds without on the timing pounds a month is not really enough to solve. the very. big. increase in minimum. wage i mean. government.

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here. waiting to be reached. turkish airlines. to unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a national emergency the u.s. steps off its response to pull the spread of the coronavirus following countries across europe and asia. for the trump administration also seeks to restrict medical imports from china which could cause prices in the u.s. to surge. and a base hosting u.s. and other coalition forces near baghdad they struck for the 2nd time in a week leaving 5 people injured. a very well welcome to you at 7 pm.