, you hit l.a., where westerns are made.narrator) the cowboy hero was invented by writers, many of whom had never been west of the mississippi. anyone who had lived in the real west knew it wasn't very romantic. but thousands of dime novels fed an insatiable public with thrilling tales of the frontier. the myth easily made its way into film. by the early 1930's, the western had found a home in grade-b, low-budget movies. the b-movie hero was one-dimensional. a simple, moral guy who lived violently by an uncomplicated code of right and wrong. hollywood made the movies with fancy stunts and chases, but paid little attention to story or character. john wayne, a favorite actor in the serial western, earned his spurs in dozens of low-budget formula pictures. i was afraid you wouldn't get here. well, so was i and if i'm not mistaken, the sheriff isn't very far behind. we have to work fast, the gang didn't get what they were after and they'll be back. yes, and that isn't all you have to worry about, i owe you a lot. but don't you r

ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war one. and world war two. and every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. if one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and the art they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. in the middle of the seventeenth century ukrainian leader dunhill netsky broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. just over fifty years later as the russian swedish war was raging another ukrainian leader ivan mazeppa broke the union with russia when he switched sides joining forces with the swedish invaders many times ukrainian history was written by third parties seeking to keep the gains of a revolution at any cost russia agreed to the humiliating conditions of the breast with trees. he of one thousand nine hundred eighteen which

it is the western countries. especially the united states but also the european union plus a turkey on the gulf arab states. that decided to top of the regime of bashar al assad's when the revolt in syria started in two thousand eleven not because he's a brutal dictator which of course he is. but because they wanted to install a regime that is pro western rather than pro russian however both the russians. the iranians and the chinese were not willing. to have the west's sixth seed in syria and in the end they were mall. unscrupulous smarter in understanding the set up of the syrian conflict and they managed to a for the regime to regain control of most of the country okay. i want to pick up another the moment meant bringing it back to it live itself what would you expect from the rebels themselves would you expect them to use the civilians essentially. as hostages and shields have been doing so in the past weeks already they do not care about civilian casualties they are no different in that mentality from those

thousands of casualties and the risk amounts to flight by those who can get out of germany and other western countries are considering retaliatory action should syria's military resort to poison gas during an offensive is its live the so-called endgame in syria and what happens after the end those are the questions we want to address in quadriga and these are our guests my sume many of them is of syrian origin and she works on detail buz arabic show she believes the battle for it live could be the end game for rebels in syria but its legacy could start a new hard time for both turkey and europe. and we're very glad to have our post there on the program once again he's a commentator for the daily newspaper to vote and he says. germany should join the allied military coalition to prevent a massacre by the syrians russians and iranians in italy better late than never and finally it's also a pleasure to have michelle little back with us once again he's a middle eastern expert and author of several books about the region he says assad will stay in power for the next conflicts within syria are alr

worlds apart among the recent regime change experiments lidia's stands out as no one's liability in western powers have never publicly accepted breaking it let alone owning damascus and as some of them now try to mediate among the various militia groups running what's left of the country what should guide the process well to discuss that i'm now joined by cloud xeni a senior analyst at the international crisis group thank you very much for coming over it's good to have you with us in the studio it's a pleasure to be with you now first of all let me ask you what brings you to moscow because. the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies beacher often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in the dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this

our show today welcome so lots to talk about we're going to start with your book you believe that western global domination is over your latest book that we have displayed here actually tell of has the west lost it a provocation so i have a couple of questions regarding the title right away why has the west lost it. to whom has it lost it and what has that lost the the knowledge the understanding of the global processes or. the economic life and domination well the answer the question whether there with this last is. no or not yet because i fear that the west which has been in many ways the most successful civilization ever in human history or to a thing so much power or wealth and also ideas that have transformed the womb is no sadly on the way of losing his place and that's a result of many strategic mistakes that were made. especially the end of the cold war when after they defeated the soviet union without firing a shot is it with the end of history we have arrived we don't have to change we don't have to adapt and the mistake they made was that the west went to sleep at precisely the

the two major candidates western backed. and russia. which almost equally shared the votes of ukrainians by the way calling viktor yuschenko western backed is not an exaggeration. his wife. is a former u.s. state department official and worked in the white house during the reagan administration the division was along geographic lines traditionally russian eastern ukraine voted for you. while western ukraine chose yuschenko. the result viktor yuschenko lost. but thousands of people didn't agree with it and they came to the central square of kiev on the twenty second of november. the situation received wide news coverage the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin backed. the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties. with. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only. on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore

the two largest economies of the world always those of china and india but you have said that the western powers don't quite understand that china and india are taking over economically but this has been a common knowledge for quite some time now and i am sure that the western leaders do realize that i mean by some measures china has already overtaken the u.s. it's happening right now here so it's not like they can't acknowledge the process i'm sure they see it and understand it or i think they can pay lip service but there are understand it deep in their guts that the world has changed again there is an i.o.i. there is a given a simple example i mean the two most important global economic organizations are the international monetary fund and the world bank i.m.f. and world bank. two to did you have a room this is to become the head of the i.m.f. you must be a european to become the head of the world bank he must be an american and asians which make up the vast majority of the world's population and we have the most dynamic economies in the world today don't qualify to run the i.m.f. and

the international crisis group is viewed in this capital as a western based institution i know you stress your nonprofit non-governmental status but i think there are a lot of people who see it as an organization that was created to facilitate western policies in conflict zones policies are often at odds with how moscow perceives the events so what is the purpose of your being in this country i mean first of all crisis group very firmly in dialogue and with all parties of the conflict and in this sense if russia is a party of any given conflict then it is very important for us to hear out to russian officials but what brings me here today is a workshop on three crisis countries of the middle east syria libya and yemen and it's an opportunity to exchange thoughts views between some foreign analyst and some russian think tankers and policy makers so it's really an opportunity to bring that dialogue one step the reason i said that your organization is perceived as a western based institution was obviously because it was founded by a former american diplomat and the former british official i

tendencies to take up arms against the western interests.g beard? that is...i've seen religious figures in christian and jewish communities, especially in new york, when you walk around some parts of new york, you will see a jewish individual with a long beard. that sort of beard is considered a sign of extremism in china. so these are among the measures that have been, particularly in the last year and a half or so, introduced? that includes growing a beard for style. but it is aimed, in your view, at visible identification of somebody as a uighur? yeah, because that would make you look different than the chinese. another reference has been to dissuade people who cover their bodies and veil their faces from entering railway stations and airports. that is happening too, is it? uighurs are easy to identify. most uighurs look eurasian. they have a high ridged nose, fair skin, and can easily be identified by anyone in china. that actually makes them more vulnerable in society for racial discrimination. last october, president xi told the party

and black a7, brooding irish western. brooding irish western. the wife. i am looking forward to hearing about this. hearing about this. i think it is very interesting. very interesting. morning to a phone call that he has won the nobel prize. won the nobel prize. very specifically, your husband will bbc should buy newspapers. bbc should buy newspapers. try to keep him at one remove. keep him at one remove. she says, trust me, i will look after him. trust me, i will look after him. there is something behind that that is a little bit darker. here is a clip. clip. hello, joe! you are looking lovely as always. thank you, that is very sweet. your client is here. really? they have given your husband the cover of the sunday magazine. cover of the sunday magazine. are knocking out a story about bill clinton for him! clinton for him! of those shots with all the porsche showing? showing? every brilliant one of them, my friend! them, my friend! oh my gosh, this is so unreal. how do i look? you are fine. no crumbs? no, all good. me this isn't some great, big, fat jok

it‘s not about pro—western or not pro—western, pro—people or not pro—people, the west in this case wascided to make the coup in ukraine, in kiev. it was initiated by the west, and that was a mistake. i regret this decision by the west. and while being quite friendly to the west, exceptionally friendly to the west, i regret the decision made by the west to initiate the coup in ukraine. just one more point on trust, do you think there can be any trust when the united states‘ top intelligence national security officials all say there is no doubt that russia has systematically interfered in the us democratic process, most notably in the 2016 presidential election. we have evidence of similar sorts of things have been done in france. there‘s been serious allegation of russian involvement in the brexit campaign. what is russia doing these covert operations? and how, in your view, can the west trust a country that‘s conducting this kind of cyber operation? i think the statement doesn‘t make it easier to re—establish trust. that is for sure. they are indications of a lack of trust. a huge defi

green's saying he grew up in the western addition, that was very touching. so i want to do a shout out to meta because according to this report, they work hard, and they worked hard in helping misbrown and her granddaughter -- ms. brown and her daughter, so i hope we have other folks like meta in getting folks to the table. the other thing i would say, is i know that land is scarce everywhere, but to the extent that the city -- i read in -- i can't remember if it was the chronicle or the examiner, that there's some excess bond moneys or some money that supervisor peskin or the mayor are targeting for additional affordable housing opportunities, that they're repurposing, and some of that money would be available -- would be potentially available or at least you're targeting it as an additional tool for the city to purchase and preserve, if you will, affordable housing, but to make acquisitions and then create new affordable housing in neighborhoods in san francisco. i would hope that the western addition would be one of those since so many folks want to go ba

pa rt of into northern ireland and the western part of scotland.t sinks down as the night wears on. underneath the cloud it will turn into a pretty mild night, but in the south—east ahead of the frontal system, the odd missed patch and it will be a cool night. chilly conditions in scotland and northern ireland as the skies clear out. the weather front is still sitting in place tomorrow. you can see a little band as it runs along the front, it is likely to pep up the rainfall for a time. the front separates cooler air in the north—west from warmer air in the north—west from warmer air in the south east. tomorrow in the south—east temperatures into the mid—20s. then the weather frontjust coming into eastern and southern scotla nd coming into eastern and southern scotland and affecting northern england with heavy rain for a time. to the north—west some sunny spells, but temperatures will struggle. 17-19, but but temperatures will struggle. 17—19, but in the south—east in the mid—20s. on tuesday still this band of cloud and the odd bit of showery rain

a few showers going across northern and western parts of scotland. night, particularly for rural parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england, with temperatures getting close to freezing. somewhat milder further south. 0n into sunday then, we have another frontal system working its way eastwards. that's going to bring more rain for a time through the morning. pressure building out to the west, and things turning drier through the afternoon. but further heavy rain for a time tomorrow morning in a similar area to where we will see today, southern and central parts of england and wales. but it will clear away eastwards. still some showers coming across on that brisk north—westerly wind, particularly for northern and western scotland. a few filtering their way further northwards, and again temperatures not much higher than 11—16 celsius, so it's a cool—feeling day. again, quite windy, particularly for east anglia and south—east england, as that rain starts to clear away. could see some gusty winds for a time through the afternoon. but slowly,

to western part of the uk, a squeeze in the isobars western part of the uk, a squeeze in the isoba rseeze in the isobars means there will be strong wind, gales and heavy rain, also ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, spells of heavy rain, particularly furthermore the west you are, furthermore the west you are, further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, the wind starting to strengthen. across england and wales, aside from one or two showers most dry day, some styles of sunshine, often cloudy but feeling warm for many, to which is between 19 and 23 celsius, 2a or 25 for east anglia and south—east england. as we go from monday night introduced a, our area of low pressure works its way northwards acro

more western intervention into the reach of course tomorrow is also seventeen he is. and set another nine eleven the one in washington and new york do you think they'll be much time spent in the united states reflecting on the impact of u.s. foreign policy that some argue catalyzed that nine eleven. you know it remains to be seen as as we get further ensure that way from the original incident we can see that the state has been quite successful in using that attack to to rationalize its aggressive policies around the world we know that the so-called war on terror continues but the kinds of connections that should be made on nine eleven we don't think will be made i mean is is completely ironic or maybe consistent that we had this war on terror laws on nine eleven. two thousand and one and against cato but today in syria we see that the trumpet ministration has warmed the syrian government and not you in involved assault in a military attack on a territory is being basically controlled by al-qaeda and this no political reaction or political outcry are from the from the

western forces were committed to using maximum while and you noted. protect their model direct military intervention a political destabilization was going to be the new weapons then new but the weapons that were to be used. to undermine any progress there but something to add bands a progressive and radical agenda britain's foreign secretary boris johnson resigned quite recently a new person is now here jeremy hunt and he tweeted it was an honor to meet henry kissinger in a tweet it that in the past couple of weeks. still the echoes of september the eleventh i did seventy three in a tweet like that. of course and as it is relatively consistent consistent with the decision by the blair government and the new and the positions of a many people him lead the current government in britain and is consistent with sort of generalized western opinion when it comes to a people like kissinger and activities humans involved in september the eleventh because it was the the architect he's one that gave the green light is he in britain tomorrow mainstream media if i

so and in fact after that we didn't hear much of a position from the western side and from what i think one of the things that many observers note about the the problems is that it's very densely populated and one of the tactics by terrorists to sensually mingle going to even the russians or the syrians tried to spare the civilian lives as much as possible i think the i would assume that the terrorists would try a quite the opposite you know. historically during the war we saw that human shields are used you know almost in every. serious case in the. poor in ghouta so that was plenty of such cases and of course i mean during the civil war and during the oppressions it's almost impossible to avoid collateral damage as it is called and. russian the first place and the partners they also took is of although all want to minimize possible casualties among civilians and also among those i mean among the militants because that would actually. increase another refugee flow which would go where so it's turkish borders exactly now social media especially western and turkish a social media filled

cellars of those implosion is a western ukraine. just amazing that america people all join a group to save nine dollars on sushi with their friends and using the group of fact buying health care but you said you know why why that group bought logic to health care so that you can afford health care at all make you bankrupt like the socialism i don't know but that you did they get all that because they've been trained by the professional media talker see industry and propagandists to run the big media outlets for people to have a trigger response to affordable healthcare equals communism. and the list and. i'm just not up is that. you're going to. kill it so there are those who are. in the hymn of wind. but. look. at the moment the modern i don't want to go about. something. mr need to. own the. art of a shuffle steming with. you about a little warmth and you know what. i will. or will. show you are the. please. cut. terrorists open fire on a military parade in southwest iran killing at least twenty eight people as the country marks t

you see this area of low pressure tracking it's way northwards to western part of the uk, the squeezes means there will be strong winds, gales and heavy rain, but also ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, some spells of heavy rain, particularly the further north and west you are, further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works it's way north and eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, the wind starting to strengthen. across england and wales, aside from one or two showers, most will have a mainly dry day, some spells of sunshine, often cloudy, but feeling warm for many, temperatures between 19 and 23 celsius, 2a or 25 for east anglia and south—east england. as we go from monday night into tuesday, our area of low pressure works its way northw

in western scotland it is windy. 23 degrees in england and wales.great north run. improving in the afternoon with sunshine, perhaps a rogue shower but those winds will pick up from the south—west as the day goes on. sunday evening, a fine end to the day. blustery conditions in much of scotland with showers or even longer spells of rain, particularly in western areas. temperatures of 9—12 or 13 degrees in the south. as we head into next week, monday and tuesday, no pressure in the north of the country bringing strong winds. further south, high pressure. it will be more settled, variable cloud with sunny spells. a temperature split too across monday and tuesday. cooler in the northern half, slightly warmer across the south. temperatures hovering around the mid—teens, outbreaks of rain and strong winds. further south, high teens and low 20s. this is bbc news, the headlines at 5pm. aftera pairof labourmps suffer no—confidence votes in their own constituencies, a stark warning to labour's leadership not to hound moderates out of the party. my message to

northern ireland and western scotland. in places in eastern england, 25—26d. the west of the pennines, more cloud, more sunshine in eastern scotland, especially the north—east, warm and sunday. turning wet and windy for western scotland and northern ireland. this weather front sinking south and east through the night, elsewhere, dry with clear skies, clear and much cooler conditions fishing in for scotland and northern ireland, across the south—east, temperatures 9—10d, for most double figures. for monday, this weather front straddling central parts of the country, continuing to weaken as it moves south and east, that building area of high pressure, the dividing line between something cooler and fresher to the northwest, warmer and more humid cooler and fresher to the northwest, warmerand more humid in cooler and fresher to the northwest, warmer and more humid in the south—east. for monday, three way split owing on, the weather front straddling central areas bringing cloud and rain, slowly moving south—east. behind it some

you see this area of low pressure tracking it's way northwards to western part of the uk, the squeeze ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, some spells of heavy rain, particularly the further north and west you are, further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works its way north and eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, the wind starting to strengthen. across england and wales, aside from one or two showers, most will have a mainly dry day, some spells of sunshine, often cloudy, but feeling warm for many, temperatures between 19 and 23 celsius, 2a or 25 for east anglia and south—east england. as we go from monday night into tuesday, our area of low pressure works its way northwards across western parts of the uk, notice that squeeze in the iso

capitals engaging mainly with the western government and then reaching out to the east mainly through the person of have to write. this is something that is. it is puzzling in the sense that in the east we also have a parallel government that is not recognized we have parallel institutions that are not recognized yet the international community including western capitals have only engage with the military strongman of the east mainly to ask him to come on board and to recognize the d.n.a. what we're saying is that just paying lip service and you know holding on to this recognition of the g. and a without pushing for political negotiations without pushing for a security strategy to bring the two together without pushing for or formulating even a condo or an economic strategy to bring together the country's finance is short sighted now claudia i have to push for a short break right now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. ministries police forces and city administrations of many countries depend on one corporation that does my mike was hoping on the board doesn't come f

no, it's central to western culture. it's the foundational document of western culture.th, which is quite an important word for you, you think the bible contains irrefutable truth? well, i don't know what irrefutable means necessarily, but it certainly contains a form of truth, it's a narrative form of truth. it's the same form of truth that you see presented in front of you when you go see movies, for example, or when you read great literature. there's a truth in that. movies are fiction. but look, we wouldn't be able to rank order fiction according to its quality if it didn't bear some relation to truth. as you know, this show is aired right around the world and has millions of viewers who are not from a western tradition at all, they may be hindus, muslims, they may be animists, but how can they therefore refer to your 12 rules for life when they are so wedded to the culture and traditions and the truths, as you would put it, of the bible? well, i also draw on other traditions extensively throughout the book and also in my first book. but the attitude that i'm taking

no, it's central to western culture. it's the foundational document of western culture., which is quite an important word for you, you think the bible contains irrefutable truth? well, i don't know what irrefutable means necessarily, but it certainly contains a form of truth, it's a narrative form of truth. as you know, this shew—is aimed millions of viewers who are not from a western tradition at all, they may be hindus, muslims, they may be animists, but how can they therefore relate to your 12 rules for life when they are so wedded to the culture and traditions and the truths, as you would put it, of the bible? well, i also draw on other traditions extensively throughout the book and also in my first book. but the attitude that i'm taking towards the stories that our culture is predicated on is one that people from all over the world find engaging. so it's because these stories are deep enough and significant enough so that there's plenty of room at the table for everyone to have an intelligent discussion about them. and i'm not necessarily saying that... i'm not sayi

overnight we have got light and patchy rain across western parts of scotland, oui’ across western parts, sinking southwards into southern england and southern wales. here, a murky, misty and muggy night. cooler further north and here, a murky, misty and muggy night. coolerfurther north and in between our two bands of cloud with clear spells and patchy mist. over the next few days this area of low pressure trax northwards across the western side of the uk, notice how those isobars squeezed together. strong wind and rain at times but it will develop a feed of warm air stretching up into southern parts of scotla nd stretching up into southern parts of scotland and northern ireland over the next few days. here is how money shapes up. further outbreaks of rain western scotland, heavier and more persistent as it moves eastwards, affecting parts of northern ireland, it seemed the wind strength in. apart from england and wales, aside from the odd shower, spells of sunshine, a fairly warm day for many, to choose between 19 and 23 celsius. —— temperatures. overnight into monday and tuesday, our a

or former western diplomat. when it comes to russia because. i think there's a lot of understanding there's also a lot of compassion in your book and i really appreciate that but i will want to ask you whether you ever felt that you are giving this country and. easy pass i don't think so i think that the majority of the content of my book deals with the sometimes very disagreeable parts of russia's history i've got a chapter on the leg museum i've got a chapter on the jewish museum of tolerance and i and i talked very frankly in those two chapters of some of the black spots in russia's history and i think what i felt as a former professional diplomat for thirty years and i was an ambassador to poland and to gamble idea that was my last postings. i felt i had a certain responsibility to my own society to say look we are being fed. bad fantasies about russia the real russia is not what we're being told about. i want to go and i want to see what it's like and my process of disenchantment from the western propaganda

author whose prolific output of fiction is rooted deep in the soil and the shoreline of his native western australia, a land of harsh beauty, where life rarely comes easy. tim winton‘s latest novel, the shepherd's hut, focuses on a troubled young man wrestling with demons, and it comes at an opportune time, with the me too movement demanding an end to ingrained sexism, misogyny and toxic masculinity. is australia redefining what it means to be a good bloke? tim winton, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you have travelled the world, you have even lived in europe, but it seems when you write, your writing, and your stories, always take you back home to western australia. why is that? i'm not sure. i think it's notjust what i know, but it's what i live and breathe, it just seems endlessly... it's just — there's more stories. there's more to write about. the older i get, the more i see in it. it seems like you almost feel the landscapes, the soil and the coastline, of course, because you write a great deal about the coast, it almost feels like it shapes your soul in a way. yeah, i think it's sha

sentences two workers journalists to seven years in jail the reporters say they were framed by police western governments condemn the british u.k. calling it a hammer blow to the rule of law in turkey cracked down on the women and their supporters protesting against the enforced disappearance of their loved ones in the one nine hundred ninety s. the women say they'll never give up their struggle. on the phone to ring someone in your family don't use you very don't then try to move on but we don't have this consolation for us this morning never and. i'm sumi so must go to thank you for joining us a young migrant from afghanistan has been sentenced to eight and a half years for killing his former teenage girlfriend here in germany he stabbed the fifteen year old to death in the western town of cundall in december last year the murderous fueled a heated debate here about crimes committed by migrants and also the rise of far right violence i put it to be and funded mark that it was unusual for such a case to make international headlines but that this story had shaken the country. that's true i me

here is our area of low pressure marching across the western side of the uk into tuesday.nds — across northern ireland, scotland and northern parts of england. some very strong gusts. on tuesday, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers, particularly for northern ireland, scotland, western side of england and wales. again, a windy day for all of us but still holding onto some very warm and humid air across east and south—east england where we will see that which is up to 23 and 24. some sunshine here, yes, and very warm, but windy for all of us. particular gusty for northern ireland and scotland and northern parts of england. strong winds early next week, very warm in the south—east but some rain for the north and west. bye— bye. hello. on tuesday, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers, particularly for northern ireland, scotland, western side of england and wales. again, a windy day for all of us but still holding onto some very warm and humid air across east and south—east england where we will see that which is up to 23 and 24. some sunshine here, yes, and very

the western reaction has been...eaction has been to do targeted military strikes in syria and if that happened again as part of this offensive on idlib, one might expect there would be similar western reactions to that and this buildup of forces in the eastern met is somehow to convey to the west that it really ought to now think twice before undertaking military action in syria because there will be consequences the kremlin seeks to rea p be consequences the kremlin seeks to reap on the west —— eastern mediterranean. we've talked about the western reaction, but what about the western reaction, but what about the united states and its reaction with this tricky relationship at the moment? de-confliction lines and processes exist in syria between moscow and dc. we've seen how they do and don't work over recent years. asi do and don't work over recent years. as i said earlier, not least with the us targeted strikes against syria last year. it's important to say that what russia's undertaking is entirely legal, it will t