the atlantic council has invested on greece or in greece when others were looking and abo observing the crisis. greece is establishing itself as a pillar stability in south eastern europe. a dedicated eu member state and is steam nato member of a key ally of the u.s. washington and athens sherianare share androgen share and share an agenda. much of that work has been under taken by close friends of the atlantic council ambassador jeff piat, who are both here this morning and it is wonderful to have you with us. thank you the ambassador for the dedication. it is extremely encouraging to see that hard work paying off as it is. to our colleagues at state, the united states is by your side. president trump last month signed the act, energy cooperation among the u.s., israel and secretary state pompeo traveled to athens to update our mutual agreement. our future europe initiative which organized this event leads the charge by building a relationship with your government and business leaders to encourage social growth and security. in 2019, we sent a high level delegation to the economic foru

the atlantic council itself has invested on greece and in greece . when others were only looking and observing the crisis. we look to the future. under your leadership, greece establishing itself as a pillar of stability in southeastern europe, a dedicated e.u. member state, an esteemed nato member, a key ally of the u.s. washington and athens now share enduring -- an enduring common agenda of working together to bolster prosperity and security in southeast europe. including kick-starting bilateral economic ties and integrating the remainder of the western balkans in the trans-atlantic community. that's very important. much of that work has been undertaken by close friends of the atlantic council, ambassador jeff pyatt, assistant secretary of state, who are both here this morning, and it's wonderful to have you with us, gentlemen. thank you, ambassadors, for your dedication to the u.s.-greek relationship. it's extremely encouraging to see that hard work paying off as it is. to our colleagues at state, the administration and congress, the united state

probably a few from greece, in all fairness. >> not from greece so far. president trump: you are lucky. we have a lot of people right now in prison, isis fighters that are tough fighters, and they are where they should be viewed i think we've done a fantastic job, but eventually we want to be able to let iraq run its own affairs and that is very important. at some point, we want to get out. this isn't the right point. if we do get out, we have spent a amount of money on building airports and -- it is one of the largest embassies we have in the world. we want to be reimbursed for the various costs we have had, they are very significant. we will work something out. i'm only talking sanctions if we are not treated with respect. we have to be treated with respect. one second. with what we did with isis, and this was done in my administration, because it was a mess before we got here -- with what we have done with isis, we've done the middle east and a lot of other countries a tremendous favor. go ahead. reporter: [indiscernible] president trump: we are talkin

promoted by the prime minister of greece and is now being proposed to become greece's president of the public so greece is head of state you understand the current of pressure a current of bending over rules that. we have time for just one a very short question would just like to ask what is alexander's current condition if he's still on a hunger strike how is he doing. alexander is on his 29th day of the 3rd hunger strike hughes in the very very bad condition he's. very fragile he maintains hold and he maintains the hope of citizens around the world who will support his claim and that use kountry also will support him in his request for a fundamental human rights alexander has the right to be tried in his counter in his language and to prove that he is not a criminal thank you for coming on and bringing us an update on his case it is very constanza poorly for the president of the greek parliament and alexander of an expense attorney thank you. thank you to 100 r.t. we'd love to hear all your thoughts on all stories or do get in touch by following us on social media we're back at the t

on greece as isolated greece and greece a lot of places in greece are dumping grounds for illegal migrantsand refugees what are the main changes or improvements that that greeks are actually asking for . well there is not there you name it in this. issue suppose additions. most of the people suggest. you should take a bargain but some of the buy them for more bucks but this is not. a solution that can stop the problem. as it will the guards other migrants illegal migrants to try these very dangerous trip that was going to be my point actually because greece has accused the e.u. at petrol of a lack of solidarity proselytise tried working out a deal with turkey we know and with many indeed of the migrants countries of origin has not helped alleviate the problem in any way it is so. the president of turkey as i mean so full imposing neighborhood war against greece. has. only again the flow and we immigrants which he has stayed lee. he has stated that he controls so it's not just it's up there of the big immigrant issue there's another point that's turkey is using migrant rooms to. good. grief

migrants from crossing the scene from turkey to greece and piling into greece is already overcrowded like greek camps for the question will it work and the countdown to break the u.k. finally leaves the european union on friday night how are ordinary brits feel our correspondent in london with them about getting the mood on the streets and why breaks it is fueling a heated debate about independence for scotland a new opinion poll shows favoring independents will take the political temperature in the capital edinburgh. i bring it off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight with the deadly coronavirus it is now a global health emergency. declared that by a committee of experts from the world health organization the w.h.o. making that announcement at a press conference moments ago in geneva switzerland the declaration is a call on countries to coordinate their response to the virus under the w h o's guidance 7800 people are now infected worldwide with this new strain of the corona virus the majority of them in china 170 people have

like this a floating barrier something like this to stop migrants crossing the scene from turkey to greece will it work and sick the u.k. will finally leave the european union tomorrow on friday night but how are ordinary brits feel that our correspondent in london when out and about getting the mood on the streets. it's good to have you with us we begin with the coronavirus al break it has now been declared a global emergency by a committee of experts from the world health organization the w.h.o. making that announcement just hours ago in geneva switzerland declaration. as they call on countries to coordinate their response to the virus under guidance from the w.h.o. nearly 8000 people are now infected worldwide the majority of them in china and a 170 people all of them have died in china every province of mainland china now has at least one confirmed case of this new strain now it was w h o's 3rd meeting in a week over whether to label the corona virus a global emergency after declining to do so twice it now has let's hear more from that emergency meeting the main reason for this declare

warlord holy fire have to hold talks with turkey's regional rival greece head of sunday's peace summit in belin. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. the uk i'm going to. calls for national unity in iran the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei delivers his 1st friday press and in 8 years. ken starr the lawyer who led the pietschmann investigation into bill clinton joins the legal team representing donald trump that is strong. and a small begin mergence e for european cities ranking among the most polluted in the world protesters demand they governments take action. oh welcome to the program our top story libyan warlord have to has secretly flowed to greece for talks with the prime minister and the foreign minister of greece has criticized its exclusion from a un backed peace conference set to take place on sunday the internationally recognized tripoli government which have to is trying to overthrow the recently signed a maritime military cooperation deal with turkey which and good greece the greek prime minister could attack as has t

kind of push ahead through its dealings in the region and greece is trying to. back against that that is the reason why greece wants to be at the table here as well now we are seeing pictures of the russian president arriving this is flooding me up this let's just get a oh absolutely larry putin now being having his hand shake by angela merkel and now into a new gutierrez the u.n. secretary general. it is a photo op we have been seeing continually as we. dip into these live pictures. one gets the sense that with the arrival of putin after of course everyone has already arrived that maybe we're about to kick things off. and they go and. you know i'm struck by something. as i hear both of you talking there are so many players so many interests and one wonders and i'm sure some of our viewers are major international waters but for those people who may not be you know just very interested in the fact that there's a conflict it's drawing in all of these players from around the world but what is it exactly that has and i know it's a macro question but st give me but w

a russian computer programmer arrested in greece at washington's request pleas for help maybe he's been tortured and denied his basic rights. russia monk 77 years since the end of the siege of leningrad one of world war 2 his most appalling humanitarian disaster was. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky. now 1st to paris where hundreds of gathered for the latest protest traces. yes the was to end the strike by public transport workers has booked chaos to the french capital for almost 2 months now that's despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of that was that they were formed the french parliament is due to do to debate the pension bill next month. i'll present the money mccrone is under huge pressure over the controversial reform on friday night he was booed as he left a paris theater with people chanting macron resigned some demonstrators against mccracken's pension reforms got polish police into the halls to deliver their angry message. to god. was. us. testers followed macross motor

russian programmer alexander vinick arrested in greece on washington's request writes a plea for help saying he has been tortured and refused the most basic rights. in dramatic scenes the french president is rushed out of a purse theater under a hail of boos as furious protesters chanting resign try to confront him. and russia marks 77 years since the breaking of the siege of leningrad one of world war 2 use of most appalling humanitarian disasters. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the pentagon insists it's been honest after washington's own watchdog for afghan reconstruction accuse the military leadership of routine lies or progress in america's longest war often has more. common cynicism aside most people would prefer that those responsible for leading the country tell the truth and this is most especially true when it comes to situations like war where the lives of the men and women in the armed forces are on the line well according to the special inspector for afghan reconstruction the pentagon has been lying for yea

the libyan wall or delhi for half time heads to greece for talks 2 days before a un backed conference aimed at ending the war in libya. but i wonder in jordan this is not a 0 live from doha also coming up china's economic growth slows to its weakest pace only 30 years as it tries to resolve a trade war with the united states. president donald trump's impeachment trial for abuse of power gets underway he's called the proceedings totally partisan. and we fly by the tower hotel you know in the philippines getting a bird's eye view of the damage caused by the eruption. the libyan war only for have tars just held talks with the greek foreign minister in athens as part of international efforts to end the conflict in his country nicos dandiya says he encouraged have to take a constructive approach to an international peace conference taking place in berlin on sunday while athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un that talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey where john zarrella joins us live now from

also coming up greece wants to build a new border barrier take a look a floating obstacle like this the government hopes will keep my greece and turkey from making the crossing to ask human rights advocates concerned. welcome to the show the world health organization has declared the corona virus outbreak a global health emergency the declaration triggers tighter containment and information sharing guidelines among global health officials and also lends more support to countries with weaker health systems the virus has been confirmed at least 18 countries but most of the nearly 10000 cases are in china that's also where the only deaths have so far occurred with the virus claiming more than 200 lives. this is the 6th time the w.h.o. has made such a declaration since the current system was created in 2005 here's what officials had to say in geneva the main reason for this declared mission is not because of what is happening in china but because of what is happening in other countries greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with we could go to systems and we

russian computer program arrested in greece at washington's request pleas for help claiming he's been tortured and denied his basic rights. to go on rejects accusations washington routinely lied about america's longest war made by the top u.s. official overseeing afghanistan's reconstruction. and russian mark 77 years since the end of the siege of leningrad one of world war 2 his most appalling humanitarian disasters. a very warm welcome you're watching altie international with me the key aaron. first to paris where hundreds have gathered for the latest protest against the government's pension reform plans in some parts of the french campus all clashes erupted between police and demonstrators. the is. the is. a strike by public transport workers as board chaos to the french capital for almost 2 months now that's despite the government's promise to compromise the green to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its with all its french parliament is due to debate the pension bill next month. president emanuel mccrone is under huge pressure over the controversial reform on friday

russian programmer alexandra vinocur rested in greece washington's request writes a plea for help i think he's been refused the most basic rights. dramatic scenes the french president rushed down for power under a hail of boos furious protests. resigned trying to confront. this russian mob 77 years since the breaking of the seizure leningrad one of the most appalling humanitarian. welcome great to have you with. the pentagon insisted it's being to washington's own watchdog afghan reconstruction accuse the military leadership of routine lies over progress in america's longest war. and has details. common cynicism aside most people would prefer that those responsible for leading the country tell the truth and this is most especially true when it comes to situations like war where the lives of the men and women in the armed forces are on the line well according to the special inspector for afghan reconstruction the pentagon. has been lying for years the problem is there's a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive so almost require or for people to la there's an odo

but greece is subject to forces beyond its control. the global financial crash reveals that greece has taken out a mountain of loans from european banks. at the urging of european leaders europe's financial institutions gave greece the biggest loan in history. and most of that money flowed straight back to the mainly french and german banks who had encouraged them to borrow. but the loan conditions required extreme osteria to state spending cuts so severe that the economy shrunk by a quarter of unemployment reached 27 percent prompting a huge rises was. another condition was passed privatisation of 3 s. including the strategically important port of p.j. . it is one of the most important ports in the mediterranean and recently digne government has sold 67 percent of the shares to a chinese company called costco. the ducks are quiet today the sell off has prompted a better with the unions they say the troika of the international monetary fund the european central bank and the european commission are experimenting with a new kind of priva

of russian program he was arrested in greece 2 and a half years ago at the request of the u.s. alleges he's being told chatting prison not exhaustive in a kid's wanted in the u.s. for alleged cyber crimes and money laundering he's now written a plea for help. they're trying to use torture and psychological pressure to break me they do not allow me to breathe fresh air the last time they let me out for a walk for a few minutes was on new year's eve i'm a man without rights illegally imprisoned in greece for 30 months without charges they want to destroy me for my knowledge they want my head on the block just because of what i know and my technological abilities or when it was arrested in 2017 the u.s. accuses him of laundering billions of dollars through a digital currency exchange is also wanted by france which claims even it carried out cyber fraud from his greek prison cell russia also wants to question him and greece has in fact approved his extradition to all 3 countries well we discussed it case with his attorney and former president of the greek parliament zoe concert bec

islands there into account greece is also irritated about not being invited to the libya conference in berlin athens is nevertheless offered to be a mediator. encouraged commander have to participate constructively in the berlin process and to try within the existing framework to achieve a cease fire and to restore security in libya have to make clear during a meeting with germany's foreign minister that he's willing to abide by a cease fire in this celebrating that as a success. i think it's good news 1st of all that he's ready to continue to abide by a cease fire that has to be the start at the libya conference we must also ensure that the u.n. arms embargo isn't forced. in tripoli people are less ready to believe him he's often broken his word and last week the man who now controls most of eastern and southern libya refused to sign a cease fire deal during talks in moscow. he didn't sign because he doesn't want peace he's bloodthirsty he wants war he wants people to die. leave business. still many here in tripoli are pinning their hopes on this weekend's conference at this meetin

coming up in the next 60 minutes libyan wardle khalifa haftar holds talks with turkey's regional rival greece ahead of sunday's peace summit in berlin. with. calls for unity and condemnation of western powers iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini delivers his 1st friday sermon in 8 years. growing anger at the government's inability to stop attacks by armed groups. as they were flies over the volcano in the philippines getting a bird's eye view of the threat posed by the rumbling craze. smile have all the day's sport including carlos sanford's one madame car rally the spaniard winning the world's highest profile off-road rally for 8 every time. so we begin with the diplomatic moves ahead of a summit in berlin on sunday to try to end libya's civil war the warlord khalifa haftar has met with the prime minister of greece turkey's main regional rival but a country that's been excluded from the summit russia and turkey who support opposite sides in the conflict will be at the conference which will try to end the fighting between how fast forces. at the un recognized government of. both have to e

also on the show greece unveils plans for a maritime barrier a floating obstacle athens hopes will keep migrants from turkey from crossing the mediterranean and arriving on greek islands. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today while more countries are issuing travel warnings for china as the corona virus continues to spread the united states and japan among those urging citizens to avoid trips to the country now this is the world health organization declares the outbreak a global health emergency triggering tighter containment and better information sharing. red alert at the world's airports from los angeles travel to destinations like shanghai is no longer possible as the u.s. has told its citizens not to travel to china medical authorities are working desperately to prevent the corona virus spreading further now the world health organization has taken a strong stance the emergency committee hold most a unanimous fully concluded. corinna virus outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern. that because of an increasing number of cases of person to person tran

a russian computer program arrested in greece at washington's request pleas for help claiming he's been tortured and denied his basic rights. and russia marks 77 years since the end of the siege of leningrad one of world war 2 his most appalling humanitarian disaster this. knife from moscow where is just past 4 in the morning you're watching all the international welcome to the program. in paris hundreds gathered on saturday for the latest protest against the government's pension reform plans in some parts of the french capital clashes erupted between police and demonstrators. the was. a strike by public transport workers has caused chaos to the french capital for almost 2 months now and that despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its reforms the french parliament is due to didn't do that debate the pension bill next month. the president emanuel mccrone is on the huge pressure over the controversial reform on friday night he was booed as he left to paris there were people chanting mccrone resign some demonstrators agains

greece planning a new border fence. and this is it. a floating barrier to s stop migrants from crossing the sea from turkey to greece. the question, will it work? the countdown to brexit, the u.k. finally leaves the european union on friday night. how are ordinary brits feeling? our correspondent and london went out and about getting the mood on the streets. and why y brexit is fueling a heated debate about t independee for scotland. scots favoring independence. we will take the local temperature in the capital, denver -- edinburgh. ♪ to our viewers, welcome. we begin tonight with the deadly coronavirus. it is now a global health emergency. the who making that announcement at a press conference moments ago in geneva, switzerland. it is a call on cocountries to coordinate their response to the virus. the majority of those infected are in china. every province of mainland china now has at least one confirmed case of the virus. it was who's third meeting in a week over whether to label it a global health crisis. it declined to do so twice

libyan warlord khalifa haftar holds talks with turkey's regional rival greece ahead of sunday's peace summit in belin. mozzie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. from all your. calls for national unity in iran the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei i.e. delivers his 1st friday press than in 8 years. kenneth starr the lawyer who led the impeachment investigation into bill clinton joins the legal team representing donald trump at his upcoming trial and a small emergency with 4 european cities ranking amongst the most polluted in the world the test is the mom a government's take action. libyan warlord who has flown to greece for talks with the prime minister and the foreign minister of greece has criticized its exclusion from a un backed peace conference coming up on sunday the internationally recognized government which have to is trying to overthrow recently signed a maritime and military cooperation deal with turkey angering greece the greek prime minister tuchis has threatened to veto any libya agreement at the european union level because of that mariti

israel greece and cyprus have signed a deal to build a major gas pipeline across the mediterranean a development that will add to tensions with turkey and libya tripoli and ankara insists the pipeline will violate a maritime boundary agreement reached between the countries earlier this year the east med pipeline will tap gas reserves from israel's offshore levantine basin it'll run across the mediterranean to the greek island of crete then on to the greek mainland and finally up to italy john seraphina's has more now from athens. there's something for everyone who's in this agreement israel is pursuing gas exports to arab neighbors for regional leverage and east med is an opportunity to develop a permanent alliance with europe cyprus needs powerful allies to develop its gas exports without turkish interference and greece is realizing a dream to be an energy transit hub with italy expected to sign on soon this leaves out turkey which feels the region's energy reserves should not be exploited without it so the leaders here stressed inclusiveness. east med then up with only up the. east

libyan warlord khalifa haftar holds talks with turkey's regional rival greece ahead of sunday's peace summit in. i'm adrian finnigan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up of 0 sources in iraq give details of the investigation into the assassination of the iranian general custom solomonic. calls for unity a condemnation of western powers iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini delivers his 1st friday sermon in 8 years. fly by that volcano in the philippines getting a bird's eye view of the damage caused what it erupted. and was khalifa haftar has held talks with greece's prime minister in athens as part of international efforts to end the conflict in his country after as in greece ahead of a peace conference on libya that will be held in berlin on sunday athens has criticized its own exclusion from the un backed talks it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime a military deal with its regional rival turkey. so here's one of them is would. think if we continue to believe that you to the current circumstances our presence in germany should have been v

machine computer program arrested in greece at washington's request pleas for help claiming he's been tortured and denied his basic rights. of the siege of leningrad one of the most of all humanitarian. other thanks for joining us this is. in paris hundreds have gathered for the latest protest against the government's pension reform plans in some parts of the capital clashes erupted between police and demonstrators. it was. a strike by public transport workers payoffs to the french capital for almost 2 months now that despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of the reforms france parliament stuti debate the pension bill next month the. president among about runs under huge pressure over the controversial reform on friday night he was booed to see left a power theater if people they're chanting back from reside some demonstrators against macros pension reform school passed police into the hole to deliver that angry message was it was. was i guess. it was a protest this followed micron's motorcade as it tried to speed away th

countries before this latest ruling russia's foreign minister criticized procedures warning that greece i completely fail to examine the evidence presented by moscow. we're joined now by consent all polluted alexander vinick lawyer who is speaking to us from athens thank you for coming on the program so we have quite extraordinary development today on his disappearing what more do you know were do you think alexander is right now. actually i have a lot of things to tell you and even more to protest about alexander disappear today he was taken by police forces who ordered the doctors to release him even though he was exhausted and on the 35 day hunger strike as his lawyer i assure you that they had no right to take him because today's decision by the supreme court was not executable i have been in contact with all competent greek authorities today and until 930 nobody knew where alexander was a few minutes ago it was confirmed to me by my french call that alexander vinick is already in france in the hospital they will try to interrogate him at this state where he has been barred from com

he's not being prosecuted in greece without a sanction without a penalty without a trial alexander is not a criminal alexander is someone who has extremely high skills technological skills in blocked chain technology he is not targeted for any kind of criminal behavior because it's very clear that what he has done is not criminal however what he has done is very very annoying to those who wish to control the economic. exchanges of the people what is worse is that during the last days the conditions of detention of alexander make amount to cruel and inhuman treatment which is a form of torture as we all know alexander is being denied the right to go outside his. hospital room he's been hospitalized during the last 12 months more than 12 months actually and today his mother who came to visit him from russia was the night of the right to see her son. when he was arrested in 2017 the u.s. accuses him of laundering billions of dollars through a digital. currency exchange is also ordered by france which claims when it carried out cyber fraud from his prison cell russia wants to question him

has not done this greece and turkey have had an open views about this since 1973. those talks did resume briefly in 20022002. and then carried on for a few years thereafter and much diminished form nothing much from them officially but on officially. foreign ministry officials on both sides had reached a certain level of understanding it's very unclear whether the 2 sides would pick up where they left off if as the greek side has been requesting they ever came together now to talk about where they would set their continental shelves and exclusive economic zones these govern the exploitation of maritime well such as fisheries but also undersea well such as gas and oil and there's a lot of drilling activity going on in the eastern mediterranean now the greeks have also sold certain blocks concessions in their southern and western waters to foreign companies where they expect exploration to start soon and the turkish state exploration company says it plans to start exploration this year in waters that are also claimed by greece so clearly this is the big issue behind

and greece greece with this initiative on the migrants this is just a gateway. under under the best of the migrants that they reverse greece and cyprus because we have to. we have to. return to cyprus as well because it's not just a group of them which is also suffering a great deal of my grand bargain and. they are where left on our own on our own devices so any accusations finger doing greece and cyprus graydon's us. that's also a lever that many many thanks for your time appreciate it petrus a good political analyst is my guest thank you very much. thanks as always to you guys for tuning always appreciate your loyalty this is up to you join me for thanks to. the. c fun. i'm going to fulfill the repeated promises apologise to the people and promise to be you know we've all pots be. pretty. pretty good. now you want to 1st. know. the cut. coming out why you. know look the plastic is a problem it's in the food supply it's in the oceans we keep plastic and i may sleep plastic in the human body that's going to kill you frank. life expectancy is down and banning pl

the libyan wall orderly for half time heads to greece for talks 2 days before a un backed conference in the end in the morning of him. down jordan the south as iraq live from doha also coming up the u.s. admits some of its soldiers were hurt in an iranian missile attack on a base hosting american forces in iraq. and china's economic growth slows to its weakest pace in any 30 years to try to resolve a trade war with the united states. and president donald trump's impeachment trial for abuse of power gets underway he's called the proceedings totally partisan. political orderly for have ties in greece as part of an international effort to end the conflict in his country he'll meet the prime minister and the foreign minister of athens has criticized its exclusion from a u.n. backed peace conference set to be held in berlin on sunday it says it should be included because tripoli has signed a maritime and military deal with its regional rival turkey has more now from athens. general have 2 hours a visit to greece is a surprise move but very gratifying to the greek side which was pointed li