ah ah, the headlines here what archie, international the you says, it will use all tools at his disposal to stop the migrant influx into poland. that's as polish border guards, fi, a t, a gas on a water cannon at refugees. much to the anger of bella roost. a shop divide emerges over potent tactics with france slamming plans to build a massive border wall on the program. we look at the tough line being taken against people crossing via bella rows, while migrant boats freely crossing the mediterranean. also in the program, germany considers imposing drastic covey rules on the unvaccinated, joining a growing list of countries to do so. as the government struggles to coordinate his pandemic response submit a power transition. ah,

your wednesday program is packed full of news today. welcome to it. this is asi, international. bella gross has condemned to poland board a crack down, calling it quote, violence against people on another countries territory. now polish border guards have fenced off the frontier, flouring, water, cannon, and t. a gas to prevent migrants from breaching the fence. meanwhile, a top un official claims to be unaware of the crack down despite the pitcher is being broadcast worldwide. ah, ah. the reports to day say that the push said use to water cannons against those migrants. how can you comment on this? we don't have the confirmation on that. obviously if there was any such

a treatment that that that would, that would be wrong. they should not be any use of force in dealing with with these said this population. oh so the you are now drawing up new sanctions against belarus, accusing it of engineering the crisis by flying in microns from the middle east and sending them straight to the polish border. or mints continues to deny that, and a route is heating up with russia also entering the fray, slamming the inhumane way refugees are being treated the little she's not a migration crisis. we must respond with all possible tools to our disposal. smiled as human beings has been converted and weapons shut the dealer on. not only board, the gas and the post border, but the military's well up to $20000.00 personnel with aircraft and alma to

vehicles are deployed there. the e wants to protect itself from an invasion of refugees that come from countries bombed by the us. let western coalition polish actions that absolutely unacceptable tear gas water, cannon shots, fight over the heads of migrants towards ballers. this reflects a desire to hide their actions. they cannot understand that they are violating every conceivable gnome of international humanitarian law. bella ross has now relocated around a 1000 migrants to a new shelter after families with young children spend several freezing nights out in the open, near the polish border than our staying in a repurposed warehouse and one official at the sight rejected earlier report saying the shelter was only for migrants willing to return home with the food we have given these people shelter based not on who wants to go home for on who wants to be in a warm place with the roof as for their stay in the future. this issue is for the

bell russian migration service by so following today's failed attempt to storm the polish border to take it by force while dozens of migrants have expressed willingness to leave all of that behind to leave all these camps behind life in the wilderness behind and to go to a special center that has been set up by the villa, russian authorities, the bell, russian government for them. the ruling of the warehouse is located 500 meters from the border. it was decided to quickly clear some space there so that people won't have to sleep rough for a 2nd night. in the space of 2 hours, goods were moved to one end of the warehouse. this liberated about 40 percent of the space. additionally, medical teams are on their way to the site. they will check temperatures and move those with a high temperature to a separate area. this what you're seeing all around me is a logistics center next to the border. i normally normal life, it was used before. the border checkpoint was closed due to the migrant crisis. it

was used to sort out cargo goods, you know, that sort of stuff. now the bill of russian government has organized, you know, there are sleeping math here that have been provided by the, are by the russian side. or are, you know, they have a roof over their heads. there's no wind, it is much warmer here inside. and that for the 1st time here, i can actually see what these people are wearing under their overcoats. because previously, every single day they would put as much things as much clothes on, on them as possible, as many well you know, over and such. so you can see this is, well, this is, it can be compared to the conditions that i had to survive. and i just, yesterday, his a new batch of bi grants that you can see arriving to the center to basically the main purpose of this place is to provide proper shelter to the most vulnerable. you know, so that the polls do not shine blinding spotlights in your,

in your face as you're trying to go to sleep and so on. you know, no wind, you know, if it rains these people are now safe here. and so what will happen next to the authorities? they bought a russian authorities will go on and try to establish the identity of every single person here. because some of them don't even have their documents on them and well then they will be flown. hopefully they will be able to fly back home, back to we're back to wherever they came from. because this is their main purpose. they came forward and said, we want to go home. we don't wanna, you know, cross into europe anymore. we've given up on this idea, we want to go home. and so people, they will be trying to, you know, the authorities, they will be identifying these people and, well, hopefully facilitating their return will, italy and france are both questioning poland, 0 tolerance policy on migrants trying to enter the e u. v. belarus. a paris is refusing to fund a new wall, the warsaw wants to build along the frontier. although the european council chief

has given it the green light. it's linda, this is possible this on the truant, legal framework as the upper level 2 fighters interest torture history. but we're not just 40 hamilton, i am in favor of a year of which protects his borders, but not a europe which bristles with barbed wire or covers itself with walls will be this contract. and there quanto, what is happening in several places on the borders of the union is disconcerting. the gap between the great principles proclaimed and the neglect of the hunger and coal to which human beings are exposed at the borders of the union, is surprising. cheapie, the polish border is just one of several e. u migration hotspots last weekend alone. more than $600.00 refugees arrived on italy shore was off the crossing from north africa. and as our correspondent shala debowski now explains those migrants of being treated very differently to the other ones coming through bellows. what a difference a route makes. in the last few days,

hundreds of migrants crossing the mediterranean sea flimsy fishing boats found themselves rescued and brought to you repeat land. since the start of this year, more than $50000.00 migrants have used that sea root reach italy that's an 85 percent increase compared to the same period last year and almost 500 percent more compared to 2 years ago. by landing on europe's mediterranean coast, migrants find themselves greeted by agencies there to lend a helping hand fly just under 2000 kilometers to another e u. country. and the reception couldn't be more different around 3000 migrants, desperately trying to survive in no man's land. as winter sets in n g o z and agencies can't even get full access. while the past to freedom is blocked by t cast by water cannons by barbed wire. in

a bid to shore up the eastern european borders, poland is going to construct a wall. a wall would be partly paid for by the european union, and is designed to stop people from crossing into the block where they can then make claims for asylum. but as this wall has been given, the green light, the use top court has just issued this ruling. the court of justice finds that hungry has failed to fulfill its obligations by allowing an application for international protection to be rejected as inadmissible. on the grounds of the applicant arrived on his territory by a state in which that person was not exposed to persecution or risk of serious harm, or in which a sufficient degree of protection is guaranteed. that judgment laws hungry in the court ice has restricted the right of asylum seekers yet doesn't to war well financed by the you do exactly that. if the european union is full of

contradictions, so massive immigration is right, this is a good athens. brussels has been telling all the member states that they should create all these are these immigrants coming from the, from all over the world. they set quotas and they went to some political wars with hungary, with serena with poland because they would refuse a quotas as so the region union wants this message. in addition to the nova cited in one specific country, it is okay to build a wall. and that's all it only because we're speaking about belarus and which is an ally of russia. so this shows this bit that double standards that the european union is opposing to shows that the european union couldn't care. that's about immigration, that it's using this from induced, depending on the situation around a $115000.00 in legal border crossings have been made this year at the e use external borders. the majority of still coming from the main route that have been established now over many years. yet while countries like italy and hungry,

which have been at the coal face of this problem for so many years now, a lot left to deal with it on their own. poland enjoyed the immediate backing of brussels, which is rally to round with both moral political and now financial support. and while it's easy to say that this is picking one member state against another, this is much, much more than that. this is double standards at the highest level, se sum. and that level goes all the way to brussels. charlotte, even sky r t, paris, another country that's dealing with a new influx of migrants is iran. now people have been fleeing that from neighboring afghanistan since the taliban took control. but international organizations of actually cut refugee aid to terran, it's something the, even the u. n. has condemned. meantime, non profit organizer and the norwegian refugee council says 4 to 5000 people have been crossing from afghanistan into iran every day since the taliban took over. it

states that amounts to 300000 refugees on top of the large number of already displaced people in that country. other group recently visited various migrant, comes that a monitor the conditions people are living in an layla. my thought was among the delegation. she says iran is an urgent need of international help i'll, i was there. we spoke to several families who have been on the ground for a very long time in iran. and they all say that every family member, they speak with back in afghanistan in cobble and elsewhere in the country. all tell them the same thing that they're on the way to the border. they're trying to find a way out there trying to get into iran because it's become absolutely hopeless to live in afghanistan in much due to the economic collapse in the country. and those families be spoke to say that, you know, they have so little already to share among so many. and they worry that unless the international community 1000 give more towards 2 neighboring countries of,

of gas than they will simply not be enough to just court. everyone with their basic needs. this is in a context where iran itself has economic challenges as a result of sanctions and, and coven 19 general. there has not been adequate attention to the situation in the neighboring countries of afghanistan. it is always the neighboring countries that shoulder, that major responsibility when there's a massive refugee flown. it's remarkable that iran is able to absorb 40025000 refugees coming from of the gums on every day. and yet, europe is not able to deal with the 4000 or a few 1000 refugees at the polish quarter. but it's also equally unfortunate and outrageous that the beller is, authorities are using refugees as a tactic to win an international geopolitical game. or heading into the 2nd half of the program here, one off international still to come here. activists in canada, se assisted suicide is becoming far too commonplace with physically healthy

patients, even being encouraged to take their own lives. it's hard to believe will keep you the whole story and more just a moment. with when there are problems like the energy crisis, europe, illegal immigration on poland border or even when the wrong political party or politician wins. there is a culprit, always waiting in the wings, and that's russia. scapegoating. russia is the excuse used by failing western elite for driven by a dreamer shaped banks interest. and those with

tears thinks we dared to ask and join me every thursday on the alex salmon show that i'll be speaking to guess in the world politics sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm oh, it is quarter past here in moscow. germany is considering new copays restrictions for the unvaccinated. the rules would apply to 14000000 adults ultimately mirroring a very controversial system now and place in austria. but with berlin preparing for a big power transition, opinions are split as to how to proceed. as a correspondent, peter oliver now reports alarm bells ringing in germany. the country's covert

numbers. of course, the grave concern so much in fact that those that are looking to form the next government in germany. well, they say more restrictions on needed either to national is a so 1st of all, the situation we're in is dramatic. and therefore consistent measures the urgently needed within the framework of the current legal situation. but also beyond that from december, about who are currently discussing, the rules that will apply over the winter from december. elmwood in this week has seen a continuation of high coven infection numbers across germany, while the 7 day average. well, that is reach, never before seen levels. from monday this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play, coal, the 2 g approach, which bol, those that are vaccinated. o'connell show that they have recovered from covert from restaurants. this is jim's and nightclubs defendants at west cletus. i'm

a little bit critical of it. i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short, but i think it will deep and the divisions in society is monday, august. i think it's a good idea i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed in doors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that will be seen and unfair taking into account the rising numbers. i think it's reasonable, but i can also understand p. i know last night that we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good a society than him in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting things could get very bought. if 10 is the apocalypse, we're at 9. there is a very simple way to solve the problem and that is vaccination. the basses where germany is faltering vaccination rates,

half plateaued at around 67 percent. and protested against covered restrictions. a still vocal any among those looking to lead the next government of germany as a mind that there has to be a discussion on mandatory vaccination, the people in certain professions like healthcare. i think it is right that we have now started to discussion about whether this should be done in italy. we're vaccine uptake is currently 10 percent higher than germany. they're seeing less cases in this 4th wave in austria, which is 5 percent lower than germany. they've just brought in the new lockdown for the vaccinated. while the austrian chancellor insists this is necessary. it still draws pushback from the public as blended again, this is our task as a federal government is to protect the people of austria and that is what we are

doing. i must stress, we are not taking this step of the light heart, but unfortunately it is necessary because an alternate id, i like it well against the current government, which is leading us into disaster leading us into economic cas housing and cleanings keesa. overall. i find the whole development extremely alarming. there are lines outside of this vaccination center here in berlin is the feeling is the sooner rather than later, germany will follow austria's lead and those national restrictions on post that if not being jobs, not combs, as politicians, and health officials are concerned that on checked this 4th wave of cove. it could be the worst yet. peter, all of a aussie fell in. but apparently, vaccines don't make the problem go away. the british territory of gibraltar has the highest cove at inoculation rate in the world. it's given enough shots to immunize as population one and a half times. however,

infection rates are rising exponentially. an old public christmas celebrations have been canceled, an important story worth reading at r t dot com right now. the pentagon is at loggerheads with the oklahoma national guard over mandatory vaccinations. it's threatening disciplinary action if guardsman skipped their covert injections. let's after that commander openly flouted the order. it is a lawful order for national guardsmen to receive the cove at vaccine. it is a lawful order refusing to do that's absent of an approved exemption, puts them in the same potential as active duty members who refused to vaccine. in mid september, us defense secretary lloyd austin, announced to old uniformed personnel would have to get vaccinated against covert. however, the newly appointed commander of oklahoma's national guard said he would turn a blind eye to noncompliance among his troops. i hear by order that no oklahoma

guardsmen be required to take the cove at 19 vaccine. notwithstanding any other federal requirement. additionally, no negative administration or legal action will be taken against guardsman, who refused vaccine spy. cohen, who was a libertarian vice presidential candidate in 2020, says the measures only widen the rift between states and the federal government. i think we're seeing the beginnings of an increasing standoff between the biden administration and state governments. whether you're talking about the governments themselves or the state national guards, or even some of the city governments. not just on this, but on quite a few things. we're seeing an increasing fighting between different levels of government, between the by administration, largely on political lines between republicans and democrats, but also on disagreements over how to move forward. when it comes to coven, it's likely to spread to other states, especially now with the, with the federal cords holding up. one of the vaccine mandates and many state

governments already suing the by the ministration that we're seeing in some police departments. as many as 40 percent of police and other 1st responders are refusing to take the vaccine. i suspect the numbers are lower among the troops, but it's probably not that much lower. and these are the kinds of things you know, that the, by the ministration needs to think about when they're deciding to try to shove the vaccines down the throats of people who don't want them. and euthanasia activists in canada, her voice alarm over a surgeon medically assisted dex saying that practice has become normalized. euthanasia became legal and canada and 2016. and in that year, more than a 1000 people underwent assisted suicide of a figure reach 7500 last year. and according to one psychiatrist, people are now asking for the procedure even when they are physically healthy. a few days ago, a 3rd, she will patient with very treatable, mental illness asked me to end her life. her distraught parents came to the

appointment with her because they were afraid that i might support request and that they would be helpless to do anything about it. is heretic, they have to worry that by going to a psychiatrist they daughter might be killed by the very psychiatrist. back in 2016, the canadian government legalized euthanasia. for adults who are terminally ill. the rules were then relaxed in 2021. and now people who have diseases but could potentially live for many more years, can undergo assisted suicide. and from 2023 canadians who's suffering is cause only by mental illness. all they can also opt for euthanasia. so we discussed the story with alex or shot and book executive director of the euthanasia prevention coalition. but also with kate allot an ortho and charity found or see this, this statistics are quite shocking that my position a day fail. there is very, very important. there is people individually want to choose and their life. and if

people want to choose to and live their lives to the last moment, that's an individual choice to prom with your comments though, is that you're talking from a theoretical point of view than rather than a human point of view. what actually happens that i'm here in canada? we're euthanasia becoming very commonplace. are people with disabilities often react by saying, hey, in the culture we live and we feel are ready? denigrated, we feel like our lives are last value. and now you're telling us that maybe it's better off that we be dead. and this is what you're getting. a lot of pressure on, you know, and i get stories all the time. i get calls all the time for people who are feeling pressured for every person you feel under pressure to die because they're a burden on the family of the health system and they haven't got the money and the family is going to go in the vet for it, there's a person out there who wants to, you know, who actually wants to die because they want to and i suffering. and i, dad saw it from a theoretical point of view. i had locked it is a very near article point of view because he's trying him not answer the question. why, why is society allowing this type of

a suffering that death is preferable to care? this is, this is the essential question that comes down to this because what you're actually saying is we changed our law to allow doctors and nurses to do homicide because that's what it is. we're talking about euthanasia, which is done by lethal injection by somebody else. and they're approving it and then they're doing it. so you're talking about actually a type of a homicide. and is it ever a good idea in the culture to allow someone to have the re law to kill me? and we have a choice individual choice as k. what we sippy deal with is the should be strength protocols in place. so no nurse has to explain to someone in the final phase of m and day, why they should speed up the process of that death on that, just about wraps up this newscast for this hour here. like for moscow, an ot international. thank you for spending some of your time with us here on the russian capital is nearly half past 1 on wednesday afternoon. the news is showing no sign of slowing down today and my colleague unit and he'll be here at the desk to present the news to you at the top of the hour. hope you can join him

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maintain this active burial site, where 1000000 souls are buried, where so much of new york city history is buried, is document of the inequality that exists in the city for centuries. ah, a ah hello and welcome to cross thought were all things are considered i peter little when there are problems like the energy crisis, europe's illegal immigration on poland border or even when the wrong political party or politician winds. there is a culprit, always waiting in the wings, and that's russia. scapegoating. russia is the excuse used by failing western leads

. i cross sucking perceptions of rush. i am joined by my guest roberts in court. he is a meritus professor of history at university college court and a member of the royal irish academy. his latest book has stollins library, a dictator in his books in paris. we have a moral, he's a founder of the centre, a political, strategic analysis, strap pole. and here in moscow were joined by vladimir goldstein. he is the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university. right. gentleman cross stock rules and effect. that means you can jump in any time you want and i always appreciated. let me go to jeff 1st in court. russo phobia is very real. we see it all the time, particularly in po and politics and popular culture. if you watch netflix at all, and i have, i have you in ireland to have as of yay in paris. and we have vladimir moscow but he is a resident of.