Private sector internet know more about this than any Intelligence Agency and pose a major threat to democracy. Hello there good morning just gone 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International our top story more than 200 military strikes have now been carried out by. Steps up its operation pace spring in northeast syria however Kurdish Military forces regarded as terrorists by ankara claimed to have repelled one attack on a border town in the northern syrian province of rocker thousands of locals fled the area following the launch of the Turkish OperationKurdish Forces claim 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive and accused of deliberately targeting civilian areas. Condemned happening. America and other countries should protect us they are committing sin here our Children Women is there really no mercy let everyone stand up for us arabs foreigners sin sin clearly this is an occupation we are a peaceful people we live calmly work do our own business it is a crime here look here on the bus real to the people here look at this car do you see you soldiers there there are children in their own way. And it does all come after age of airstrikes on the 2 kurdish controlled border towns of ras al manar and also tell. The kurds have ordered a general mobilization along the border with turkey and the region the International Community to step in now the roots of the current escalation do go back some years the kurdish turkish conflict broke out in 2015 both sides have been u. S. Allies in the fight against deisel ankara seized in kurds as a terrorist threat or the sikh autonomy the offensive follows president Donald Trumps decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from the region in his latest statement he defended the move saying the kurds did not help the us during world war 2. Now the kurds are fighting for their land just so you understand they didnt help us in the 2nd world war they didnt help us with no normandy as an example well you going back to world war 2 is a poor way to justify our actions today. Of course in world war 2 we were were fighting thats a germany and the us is close close allies with what germany today so so whatever took place back then this is kind of ancient history the reality is that the kurds are are part of syria theyre not part of the United States and the u. S. Has a pattern of when they want to take over a country or they want to destabilize the country they look for they look for minority groups that they will work with to destabilize the country and ultimately the goal for the u. S. Would be to break up syria. Meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state says he has spoken with his to his counterpart and stress they that and white hives have been given the green light to anchor is offensive the ongoing midfield has been criticised by the e. U. And the un i call them took as well. To be free street and to stop. Operations already as we are speaking on the way this military action is looked leading to good results the secretary general is very concerned by the recent developments in northeast syria. Any military operation must fully respect the un charter and International Humanitarian law the turkish offensive in the northeastern syria is a danger a danger to the safety of the currents it danger because it helps divers who have been fighting for 5 years it needs to stop so france has brought the matter to the Security Council we are talking about displacement and effectively genocide of innocent kurdish civilians innocent communities within that region so it is absolutely terrifying to know how you know the communities are feeding as they are continually being bombarded by the turkish offensive the kurds have always been on the defensive but now they know they must defend themselves and their families which means that unfortunately they may not be able to police the the camps that hold isis and the isis prisoners and also you know there are reports that actually within the camps there are some rebellions you know some isis rebellions going on so unfortunately the Security Threat is there for then raised and you know it is now going to cause a big vacuum and a significant problem in terms of security turkish main policy is that turkey has modeled and political and military obligation to bring these Syrian Refugees here in turkey since many years back to their country turkey is trying to took control of the area so that y. P. G. Forces could not fill this area and prevent that these Syrian Refugees cannot come back so this areas are not kurdish territory of the territories belong to the syrian state and turkey of large to protect the territorial integrity of. State. And other news ecuador has seen a nationwide strike in. 7th day of violent protests in its capital with thousands venting their anger against the government strike leaders say will then say when so president menem right now scraps sterrett measures these inflated food and transport prices triggering the worst political unrest in a decade. Was for some 450 people have been injured among them Police Offices the protests have turned ugly with molotov cocktails and stones being thrown at offices they responded to gas correspondent Nicholas Odonovan reports from k. Tel. Was. Was little obesity. Rates of return right now and in. The u. S. Theres thousands and thousands of 1st i says lets try and get closer to the front line just the just a few feet away its the president ial palace its heaven the god part military and police say its these protests to try to get there. In minutes ago while i was there in the live shot in our spanish version we got hit by. Right there right now fredricka. And thats what weve been seeing all. The protesters there you should know its ok ferals stones bricks just like the. And Police Firing back with tear gas with sound bombs its a situation of extreme tension in the streets. Just to give you an idea of. Suspended any activity in the city center they say its not safe for doctors and for ambulances instead weve got crews all volunteers that are just taking the dozens and dozens of wounded people to bus stops and train them there its actually pretty sure can and 30 measures that were implemented by the government included scrapping the subsidies for do you know. Gasoline and that has triggered these protests the monday we had the students then on tuesday we have been degenerates communities today they will move together theyve joined together in the same tens of thousands of people who are taking over the streets of quito president many more i know youre going to see in what is going to hit is a message. Certainly riposte his government his ministers and say the measures that deal with the i. M. F. 4200000000. 00. Struggling with that not the people who say that the government is going to save a banks and big business instead of the people and thats why with these people here protesting this is a National Strike and its having take x. With smoke its practically on bearable a tragic day and for those history. As a former Ecuadorian Central Bank official he says the countrys president has betrayed his people for western runs. The people are a 2 to protest the mention of the package that they m. F. Demand is so unreasonable that some people have also called it economic malpractise in the sense that they knew that this was going to cause such a huge pain in the population but they still went for it when learning what in a ran on a progressive platform in 2017 people voted for him because he wanted social justice he wanted a continuation of the progressive policies but once he came into power he flip flopped completely he has started to serve the interests of western creditors he has gone to the Capital Markets in basically issued over 10000000000. 00 worth of foreign dead last just last week in the un meetings here receive the gold medal from a lobby group headed by chevron. After last weeks attack at the Paris Police Headquarters that left 4 officers dead if issues have since admitted they missed borning signs about the killers radicalization but the French Interior minister is ideas on how to recognize such people of course control the city. Explains. Its being a rocky week for frances interior minister Christopher Cason a founder of self blindsided after telling the world the man who murdered 4 colleagues at the paris police h. Q. Hadnt shown the slightest cause for alarm calls for his resignation followed when it emerged that they had indeed been much to cause concern now it appears hes trying to show he has things under control but they hear it from says National Assembly he outlined how the sowing of islam missed radicalization could be spotted so in the words of just another how do you spot a radical by mrs on the signs that must be noted a rigorous religious practice is specially a remedy is a sign that should trigger an alert in the same way does the individual agree to team up with a woman or not does he have a regular and ostentatious practice of ritual prayer and also note a female Civil Servant wearing a veil in public. Well thats an interesting list to start with but perhaps is most illuminating suggestion of how to spot somebody whos been radicalized is this tidbit. These signs of them become more or more obvious and related to Behavioral Changes such as having a beard. Do you think that he owns a mirror. And that point certainly wasnt lost on one of frances m. P. s reported the numbers that you mentioned having a beard can be problematic i see that you have a beard yourself for the others in the government to. So as the being did men know for all cs ruling elites are all probably running off to buy raises as we speak we thought wed ask people in paris what they make of the interior ministers top tips on how to spot an islamist radical i think having a beer today in france can be a bit. A bit solve a problem because you can you can get. More attention than you desire from the police. I know bearded people who go out in the evening and theyre not tragical at all about beards is a fashion for me having a beer does not make your radical. I do not think that a beard is a sign of radicalization it does not make any sense to me and people should not be judged by their appearance so where advice like that i doubt this idiots guide is going to be on sale any time soon charlotte. Paris. Britains former spy chief has identified a major threat to mocker see private internet which he says know more about you and intelligence agencies weve got the details just off the back. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. You know on the condition of the United States should remove the sanctions and then talks with the possible rights of the United States refused to do so theres a deep and increasing mistrust worked. Martin states because of your other friends used to do it so there was a real concern that if youre wrong goes to the negotiation your negotiations with the United States and them the United States again refuses to move to sanctions like the same they did to north korea everything would be. Worse than. Again i britains former chief spy says that private sector internet firms possess more personal data than any state Intelligence Agency and david o. Man also claims they pose a major threat to democracy the big revelation over the last couple of years has been not about government intelligence agencies its been about the private sector its about the Internet Companies knowing more about me you everyone in the whole than any Intelligence Agency ever could or should know about us this is truly dangerous i think its a major threat to democracy and its uncontrollable he also says that the work of spy agencies is strictly regulated while private sector firms have other priorities and gives the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytical as an example. Became bridge analytical scandal the way in which our personal data which is freely given in return for having an internet free at the point of use so we can do our searches and so on that information is monetized it is sold in march last year a whistleblower revealed that Cambridge Analytical Political Consulting firm had harvested the personal data of up to 87000000. 00 facebook users without their consent this misuse for targeted political Advertising Campaigns in june scandal Cambridge Analytic folded as a firm and facebook was fined 5000000000. 00 facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has apologized several times well chris kits the founder of the encrypted Internet Service unseen says that people are being exploited on mine. Im not convinced theres any difference between this between the social Media Companies and the intelligence agencies theyre basically the same thing so as soon as you put something in electronically then the question is who has control over the data social Media Companies were funded by intelligence agencies thats what that was the deal the deal was well give you this money and technology to build your business and you give us the data so when you when they collect your information its going right to this right to the security agencies in some fashion and its also going a lot of other places to advertisers and other people who may or may not protect their data but what theyve done is theyve basically turned every person into a spy against themselves everyone on earth isnt the system its a its basically a threat matrix of what kind of threat do these people represent to whomever and they can just dial it up and down and they just watch your emails if you make some offhanded comment who knows maybe youll end up on one of those trains like they have in china where they hold off the you know theyre in control of the companies themselves im not even sure that theyre really in control of anything i think that theyre taking orders. Environmental action Group Extinction Rebellion has blocked roads in Central London for a 3rd day as part of a Global Campaign demanding governments take Climate Change more seriously while starting in london the movement has spread to dozens of cities around the world as far afield as astray and also south africa and berlin the group took inspiration from their british counterparts by blocking major roads in the city center and aside from the general disruption to businesses and people as they retains the groups actions are also affecting Vital Emergency Services including taking hundreds of Police Officers away from other g ts and blocking ambulances the groups actions are being criticised one cancer patient allegedly forced to walk to hospital as it blocked roads leading to the building londoners have reacted to the activists shut down of parts of the capital. Who are these selfrighteous idiots that seek to determine how will leave our lives extension rebellion have gone too far this time after government by all means but do not affect the vulnerable bloody unbelievable i recently had a Family Member with cancer so this could close to the core really hope Extinction Rebellion are really ashamed of themselves was also angry after the groups activists defaced a giant chalk monument in southern england which schoolchildren had helped to restore they often bans white horses a landmark chalk hill figure which was 1st cut back in 112 angry locals branded the activist uncovering the figure with their logo as misguided vandalism the group stood by its action. I make no apologies about upsetting people we did our utmost not to damage the horse the last thing we wanted to do was to damage it we were very careful of how we walked on it. Well later today some of the protesters also planned to bring London City Airport close but while the group might be making themselves heard their demands to remain a bit less clear to find more partridge went to meet some of the organizers. Extinction rebellion protests continue on its wall team day campaign demanding the government take serious action to halt Climate Change the group claims its protest is for the benefit of the environment and peaceful in nature and here in the heart of london there is meat on my stomach a jolly festival atmosphere but this is what weve witnessed in the past few days road blocks artistic before one says a giant octopus and defacing Historical MonumentsResearch Shows that people budding fossil fuels cutting down rain forest and increased bombing is damaging to the environment but is protesting the best way to effect change extinction revalued once posed as a non violent organization but their actions on the was could appear belligerents so today the police will be moving in and boss numbers trying to arrest individuals take the sites away from us but lets remind the police that if they take the saw is that we will become a lot harder to police or dispersed we wont be letting them know what were doing so its actually in their interests that keep these sites because they know where we are and what were doing and once we move out were going to be a lot more disruptive and a lot harder to police so we are some of the protest this but they are demanding rebellion have 3 demands we want the government to tell the truth about the severity of the Climate Crisis and the 6 mass extinction we want them to act now to reduce Carbon Emissions and we want to set up a Sudanese Assembly so that people can decide what we do about this scientists tell this witness to something very very quickly. Thats just so much out there that tells us we need to act and yes they do. This is action we can see damage happening everywhere in the world and the moment and we just have to make drastic changes we cant say however many years will be this week but to really get people to realize what is happening and make changes now there is no us and them were not protesting against an enemy as it were protesting against a system that causes all these problems in corporations and weve set up an economy that works on destroying the planet and really that needs to change around and that starts with all government was meant to represent us as people we also asked people on the streets what they thought of the crisis looks very peaceful looks pretty you know existent bit boring when you try to get a bus and all the roads are closed but hey ill put up with a bit of discomfort is kind of frustrating you know i waited 10 years to come here and theres all this going on we keep still looking for landmarks and everywhere we go theyre covered by all this stuff though maisie there with the x. s here incredible. I think its great waste of time i do believe the. Irish population the pop culture vibe have. Returned i think we have Great Potential coming out of the museum will will never post anything we propose is of pushing we would prefer the activists on just focused on the Central LondonExtinction Rebellion also intends to shut down London City Airport for 3 days to protest against air travel and the governments 2000000000 pound planned expansion of the site the group says this would involve a whole cost occupation well see if the consequences are the same cant partridge azzi like to. Be with us this morning will be back with more stories in the headlines at the top of the. Talk about one of the worst cases of predatory baxters defrauding an m. P. Using the tauren sec that ive seen in a couple years you know we have energy issued in many instances of bankers preying on folks but this is this is it this is really happening. Why a paradise with all year round turned into a round the experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants theres no question otherwise why would that the Chemical Company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of Environmental Research going on in hawaii whether these Companies Feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. Hello to welcome to worlds a part of iranian diplomacy has never been particularly spoken or insisted the condemnations of the great satan and thinly veiled threats have long been part of its for not killing but having mad its rival the ministration has changed its tack and barking on the global Charm Offensive hasnt been successful in getting the maximum pressure policy pursued by the americans well to discuss that im now joined by i mean that is that is easy assistant professor for regional studies at shahid to university there is this is good to talk to thank you very much for much for months now you know i had a chance to interview the reigning foreign minister just a few weeks ago and what was very special about that interview very notable i thought their request for it came not from our side as usually happens but from the ukrainian side when i later looked into the frequency of the ministers media appearances i think he may have given more interviews these here than in all the previous years combined and i think the same goes for president the high means well how do you explain these so. In the iranian Public Outreach its not something really new i mean this kind of trying to expand diplomacy its been employees. Of the definitely going to. You know see the of the frequency of the interviews you can see the frequency of tweets and there has been a dramatic and actually. It could be partly explained the intensification. Was set aside specially the u. S. And im not so it can just go to economic pressure im talking about the media. Campaign i mean social media in general if such a car no. See was absent. The general framework of the. You know Foreign Policy it would be really difficult for your aunt to really you know actually announce its real position and to clarify its main positions on the different issues and also to reach out to do target countries as is wants to expand his toys now speaking about the target audience that i thought that the main target audience for this media appearances over the last couple of months have been the europeans with their. Feeble attempts to salvage part of the 2015 nuclear deal i think its out there thats not going to happen but do you think the authorities in ever since theyre really believed that the europeans would go against the americans in such a serious and follow its a provocative way. Actually it wasnt a well its a belief its was a balls hope you know hoping thats in the current you know trends in the International Affairs i mean thats kind of the you know rather demise of the you want to troll of the United States on the rise of other main centers of power like china and russia europe would also be willing to you know take a kind of independent role in the International Arena so you dont try if we are to. Talk about the initiatives very well youre on and also about the recent you know of a vote of. The recent phases of the reduction of irans commitments on