the past now as new goals vividly take shape the latest fighting in idlib is a mere accessory to the geo political connotation is global and regional superpowers sparring with each other for dominance ideological and moral borders are blurred with turkey a nato country teaming up with terrorists to push syrians out of their own province. the operation is imminent in particular we will not leave it to the regime which is not yet understood our country's determination on this issue and those who are encouraging it for a few minutes and making it live a safe place for both and the people of the region at all costs militants shamelessly boasting turkey provided a.p.c.'s coming on mosques covered by turkish artillery fire russia's air force joins the party together with syrians repairing the onslaught as. moscow officially asks ankara to hold its fire and so it does to prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into route 22 of the russian air force at the request of the syrian command have carried out as strikes against the terror groups the salada syrian troops to successful the ripple

own stake in the syria war and it hasn't signed on very particular and well predictable prizes from geo political dominance to well oiled we did leave so just because we're keeping the oil we may have to fight for the us that's ok i like the oil yet a nother act in this conflict israeli jets routinely hit targets on syrian soil it's clear what israel wants to to weaken iran's influence yet another power playing its hand and this massive and messy political gamble unfortunately for the people of syria since 2011 their country has been used as as a chessboard on which the syrians appear as pawns and it's somebody else's geo strategic chess board in particular the united states and its allies basically tore syria apart partly designed to topple the. secular but legitimate government in syria the sovereign government the government recognized by the united nations partly to topple their government and partly to claim different parts of syria for themselves syria has an important place in geo strategic we in geographically in the resource rich region of the middle east it also has oriel so y

country has been used as a chessboard on which the syrians appear as pawns and it's somebody else's geo strategic chess board in particular the united states and its allies basically tore syria apart partly designed to topple the. secular legitimate government in syria the sovereign government the government recognized by the united nations partly to topple that government and partly to claim different parts of syria for themselves syria has an important place in geo strategically and geographically in this resource rich region of the middle east it also has oil so yes what we've seen the tragedy of syria the tragedy of the so-called civil war is actually a proxy war by international players using the syrian country the syrian battlefield as a proxy battlefield. with it leave the focus of the conflict to other parts of syria are beginning to get back on their feet as a vital highway between the capital damascus and aleppo officially reopened in the last 24 hours for the 1st time in 8 years it follows a successful syrian operation to exert its dominance in the greater aleppo countryside

country has been used as a chessboard on which the syrians appear as pawns and it's somebody else's geo strategic chess board in particular the united states and its allies basically tore syria apart partly designed to topple the. secular but legitimate government in syria the sovereign government the government recognized by the united nations partly to topple that government and partly to claim different parts of syria for themselves syria has an important place in geo strategic we in geographically in the resource rich region of the middle east it also has. so yes what we've seen the tragedy of syria the tragedy of the so-called civil war it's actually a proxy war by international players using the syrian country the syrian battlefield as a proxy battlefield. coronavirus in the headlines again now ukraine in health sense of being used to quarantine evacuees from china has been put on the cons to watch by 200 security offices it's off to local residents in fear of a possible spread of this new virus rioted in protest against the rival of 45 nationals and 27 foreigners from the city at

and make us more competitive josh i want to get your insights from your thoughts on essentially the geo strategic dimensions of this what can be done to you know basically move the world to a healthier position a healthier situation with china dealing with because what happens in china doesn't stay in china. no it doesn't and you know we have this u.s. china relationship right now which is deeply fraught and the word decoupling is being brought up on both sides and so this excess there baits and accelerates that decoupling educational programs tourism business all of these things are being affected and so my and my concern is geo politically this is exacerbating this pull apart of our 2 countries and so what does that mean geo politically when we've got issues to work on together i think is a big question going forward so i see the implications of this just kind of exploding into almost all aspects of the bilateral relationship so i think that this is a primary concern for us expression as we see the chinese economy slowing that's a major engine of growth and then we look at the develop

the commission president's view of a new geo political. commission a geopolitical e.u. based on shared sovereignty how do you create this sense of shared sovereignty working together building the feeling that threats that we are facing are indivisible the threat of terrorism in libya or the migrants illegal migrant flow in libya is not just a threat with immediate iranian countries as much as the threat of the. russia and can represent a threat to the some member stated they used to both of us in not only for them we have to share common traits and this requires a culture it is not going to be of another night you know is a matter of coming past histories in order to be a look on an understanding of the world if you don't share a common understanding of the wool you cannot share a common for a policy but ultimately a lot of the sense of change the need for reform has come about as a result most recently breaks it which has been hasn't it a colossal blow for the european union losing a member like britain when dad said. we regret. we are not going to be completed to save

these developing countries more and more at the center so we need to i think be really cognizant of the geo political effects of thank you josh appreciate it we have to leave it there today and thank you all for being with us today infectious disease expert dr lisa has public health expert dr lena when economists rob scott and the university of notre dame in indiana professor joshua eisenman so what's the bottom line you know sometimes it's not about the bottom line it's about human life and about heroes i want to dedicate the final moments of my show to dr lee went along a real hero who tried to save his fellow citizens and warn the world of this virus . the race for the white house has begun this month to 04 states have their say on tuesday wants to place donald trump to move the election. june is to laugh hoping to continue coverage of the fasting just the 2020 of us in action. only just. every attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens where stories of loss go untold. a sweeping association of islam with violence leaves european muslims facing the stock reality of b

very particular and well predictable prizes from geo political dominance to well oiled we did leave soldiers because we're keeping the oil we may have to fight for the us that's ok i like the oil and there's yet another act in this conflict israeli jets routinely hit targets on syrian soil it's clear what israel wants to do we can iran's influence yet another power playing its hand and this massive and messy political gamble next for running looks of the band fracking proposals for the us energy policy coming from some of the democratic candidates but back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. frontrunning 2020 with banks kaiser and stacy herbert as we look at the issues and policies heading into the election now today stacey we're taking a look at energy policy. and fracking that's what the millennial n.z. want if their support for bernie sanders and elizabeth warren is anything to go by of course obama and that democratic administration