Whether its day in moscow the 21st of fabric welcome to news from r. T. International with me calling for a 1st for you this friday tensions continue to flare in syria. Where Turkish Backed militants have fired on Syrian Army Positions near the town of the rob heres some pictures from that attack on thursday. Meanwhile washington is calling for damascus and its backers to face punishment over their military actions in the region thats despite u. S. Officials also admitting that has become a haven for terrorist groups. It seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups especially because it is an ungoverned space in many ways the reverends of groups theyre all of them are a nuisance a menace and a threat to hundreds of thousands of civilians who are just trying to make it through the winter the next correspondent igor dawn of takes a look at how the syria conflict has evolved over the years. Postrace coming to shove and syria turkey and the us russia israel and multiple militant factions all skirmishing in the country and previous motives for warring fading into oblivion. Its time for assad to get out of the way. We have won a good study says weve beaten them and we beat them badly all that is a thing of the past now as new goals vividly take shape the latest fighting in ad lib is a mere accessory to the geo political connotation is global and regional superpowers sparring with each other for dominance ideological and moral borders are blurred with turkey a nato country teaming up with terrorists to push syrians out of their own province. The operation is imminent we will not leave it to the regime which is not yet understood our countrys determination on this issue and those who are encouraging it committed to making it live a safe place for. The people of the region at all costs militants shamelessly boasting turkey provided a. P. C. s coming on mosques covered by turkish artillery fire russias air force joins the Party Together with syrians repairing the onslaught as. Moscow officially asks ankara to hold its fire and so it does to prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into su 24 of the Russian Air Force at the request of the syrian command have carried out as strikes against the van sing to or groups this allowed the syrian troops to successful the ripple all attacks but turkey is not alone in this fight while jihadi groups are doing the bloody bidding on the ground washington cheers from over the atlantic that a very good job or say shit with president her was the fact is that hes fighting on it let be doesnt want people to be killed by the thousands and hundreds of thousands the United States will continue to coordinate with turkey on diplomatic approach is to restore a cease fire to the it lead deescalation zone and achieve a pullback of assad Regime Forces to the 2018 so she ceasefire lines the us has its own stake in the syria war and it hasnt signed on very particular and well predictable prizes from geo political dominance to well oiled we did leave so just because were keeping the oil we may have to fight for the us thats ok i like the oil yet a nother act in this conflict israeli jets routinely hit targets on syrian soil its clear what israel wants to to weaken irans influence yet another power playing its hand and this massive and messy political gamble unfortunately for the people of syria since 2011 their country has been used as a chessboard on which the syrians appear as pawns and its somebody elses geo strategic chess board in particular the United States and its allies basically tore syria apart partly designed to topple the. Secular but legitimate government in syria the sovereign government the government recognized by the United Nations partly to topple that government and partly to claim different parts of syria for themselves syria has an important place in geo strategic we in geographically in this resource rich region of the middle east it also has. So yes what weve seen the tragedy of syria the tragedy of the socalled civil war is actually a proxy war by International Players using the syrian country the syrian battlefield as a proxy battlefield. Syrias civil war and so that yet another pivotal stage later this bulletin were going to take a look at how the United States is criticizing its own military or allegedly failing to secure weapons with hundreds of millions of dollars of syrian. Flight carrying 73 evacuees from china has caused uproar across 3 regions and ukraine the passengers have been put under quarantine due to the coronavirus clashes that broke out between local police as the patients arrive to the Health Center in the east of the country. Youre. Traveling from the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak the flight landed in the ukrainian city hall on thursday the clashes left 9 Police Officers and 170 and ended down a quarter has the story. Say some new people moved into the neighborhood they came from the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus pandemic perhaps youd be worried or angry but it would be hard to match the anger brewing in ukraine to just that situation. Oh. For the past several days ukraine has seen violent clashes across the country scores of policemen have been injured by locals throwing bricks riot police have been called in to disperse angry mobs and its all because the ukrainian authorities tried to do a good deed for the International Community they accepted with open arms a number of their countrymen and foreigners trying to flee by plane assuring the public the passengers were 100 percent coronavirus clean an important detail when ukraine itself has yet to see a case of the disease a Quarantine Zone was even set up at a Health Center in poltava just to be sure but the protesters did all they could to stop that plane from landing and when that failed they started blocking roads until riot police removed them by force. The buses made it to their destination in the end but there on welcome reception wasnt exactly what kiev expected president selenski even called out the protesters for showing the uglier side of their humanity its a shame the not all of us can be proud of the humane reaction the efforts to show find ways to blow it close to those not to let ukrainians back to ukraine were not demonstrating the best of our character here especially given the majority of the passengers are under 30 to most of us they are almost children children are not ukraines protesters dont seem to be up for a game of russian roulette with the coronavirus. Media freedom groups are giving a stark warning about the health of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange issues he prepares for the opening hearing on his u. S. Extradition next week its father though hes deeply concerned about unions health and hes been telling ill take. Then one of julians of the 1st appearance in judge borats is court the judge and julian his name and his birth he was in such Poor Condition that he couldnt remember this is very unusual for a judge to continue hearing the plea of a prisoner when they come from him of their birth or their. Concert consequently we believe that julian or 2 of them immediately sent. In a teacher hospital thats what would happen in a stroke the judge would not continue the hearing because the prisoner was not well and. Adding their voices more than 100 doctors from around the world are still rallying against britains handling of the a sound case saying that hes being subjected to psychological torture while in jail theyre also calling on the Australian Government to intervene to protect its citizens and this is now the 4th open letter from medical professionals the director general of Reporters Without Borders told us this latest chapter is much more than just an extradition hearing. That distressful that no this is not just the story of one individual it is about the ability of journalists to publish information relating to state secrets mr assad has been targeted because of his contributions to journalism in 2010 his work is being targeted because he revealed so much civically on u. S. Military operations in iraq and afghanistan i never saw him g. s forces on trial in the us if he is extradited or is it this will pose a major threat to all journalism has been nothing short of a dramatic decade for Julian Assange tracing back to those revelations of wrongdoing by the u. S. Military in iraq and afghanistan and today on our were telling his story. I 1st heard about wiki leaks. From the helicopter footage in iraq. I think a downer of people and i mean i mean us military who have never forgiven him for it this guys a traitor and treasonous and and he has broken every law the United States illegally shoots out of the u. S. Really historic to have. Independent journalist a guy with his computer to seeing here is what crimes and to a global audience. The idea of developing an anonymous digital dropbox and applying it to a Media Organization is what he makes that was the 1st. I didnt the tour anticipate that he would be for a short while the worlds right and one of the worlds most powerful news organizations when youre a standard founder Julian Assange in the sun over the sun and there was a great deal of jealous in the mainstream towards him particularly why wont he be more like off that you seem. To mean feces on the walls. System. We have julia in solitary confinement in the prison for terrorists awaiting the house a life in prison or the person. I dont want to see him die in a prison. And i think thats what hes facing. Cities across germany have held vigils for the 9 victims of wednesday night shootings in the west of the country several 1000 gathered in where the tragedy took place mourners placed candles and held up photos of the victims as politicians also go. Speeches wednesday evenings attack on 2 she was in the town is being treated as a terror attack with the authorities saying the shooter the xenophobia motives. Are going. On in the wake of the shootings the governing Christian Democratic Union was quick to point the finger at anti migrant rivals accusing the alternative for Germany Party of having extremist tendencies. Even in theater i ensure its fine if you look at their text profile it seems like he had braces xenophobia as well as the far right motives and this strengthens me mightily for the c. D. U. You should always be clear not only for the c. D. U. But for all parties in germany that they can be no corporation with a party which tolerates far right extremists and lets call a spade a spade not since and monitoring so we are resolved to have no cooperation with the f. D. A. In any shape or form its important to keep the silence is tentative for germany its more or less the parliamentary wing of a right Wing Movement and even of the right being terrorists if they want or not they are the ones who give the key. To terrorists and every collaboration by other parties with the what. But give this party more credibility in the eyes of the follow us so we have a level in the public debate that is more of a child than a rational political debate and when i hear yesterday night about that shooting i instinctively knew that our opponents would blame us for being responsible for it it is completely ridiculous and i can only ask everyone to read that money festa of this crazy terrorist and then compare it to what were doing and then its all views that its nonsense its just fake news and of course we fight against it fake news. This is all to moscow still had this friday the past come back to bite britain as the e. U. Backs greece over returning the moment forth over action artifacts and its all down to breakfast apparently as we report in 90 seconds. Bob dylan money doesnt talk it screams former republican new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is proving this just the sheer force of lavish spending has made him a serious contender to capture the democratic nomination are we experiencing. The tug of war between the u. K. And greece over classical sculptures and see nothing fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen however brecks it could be about to change all that with the reportedly backing greeces claim to the so called elegant models in brussels could now push britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in the greek capital but the display in the British Museum in london claims they were stolen by lord allegan in the 19th century while the u. K. Insists it acquired them legally and it isnt budging. The case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the British Museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural historian wendy earle political and social commentator earlier discussed the links between democracy and the importance of history. You cant go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying were going to keep hold of it because its really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just as awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woken like in Society People are asking for their stuff back and its very hard to construct a case when we go around the world stealing stuff and dont get back i think history itself is a very complicated place to go histories are complex we do very well in britain threat Education System and so our western media missed telling and misstating it we we dont half pick and choose what and how we tell history i mean we can say that will item and this is the worst of it they. Should put the times in me we should be trying to we should be trying to have a discussion about this rather than you trying to interrupt me and the point i know its a case not only do i know he believes there is a history what we can do with these mothers now is continue to learn about history continues wonder stand their histories and continue to develop our knowledge bike returning them back willy nilly to places that demand them were not caring for the objects themselves were not looking at these as. Pieces of our heritage of Global Heritage every single argument you make for keeping them away can be used for returning them im sure the greek people you know the home of democracy some great thinkers you might consider will be able to figure out how to display this to the public we shouldnt be just using them as as kind of political footballs all taking the moral taking taking the moral high ground taking the moral high ground we live in a world that is constantly changing and we need to i think recognise that you know that these are bigger than the most dismembered in history my concern is that by not coming under the auspices of the European Court of justice were not going to be held accountable how on earth is the British Government ever going to be held accountable for the sins that it commits as a state at home and overseas if we dont have a higher court to answer. So i think britain is is perfectly poised to be able to do exactly what it wants and i think in terms of brechts it that discussion about it is a discussion about democracy its about sovereignty theres no point in kind of really hashing old historical arguments when we are when i think were in a completely new place where people in britain are thinking about how do we have a future where were free of a bureaucracy outside of person that were not that is not accountable to us and how can we can tie on a far lighter and run a losing argument. Well ok thats your opinion. And you can report accusing the u. S. Military of failing to keep track of weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars in syria and suggest the weapons were left vulnerable to loss or fairfax which has in turn skyrocketed operational cost to have had other major consequences as well from canada more than. If you were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to send weapons to a foreign country it would probably pay to keep track of them but apparently thats the last thing that was on the pentagons mind when it came to Operation Inherent resolve in syria. Special Operations Joint Task force Operation Inherent result person who did not account for the budget is 715800000 of count arses trained and equipped Fund Equipment for fiscal years 2017 and 28 seen hundreds of weapons were not properly stored duplicate purchases were made the amount spent went higher and higher now that might give critics of the military Industrial Complex something to complain about but thats not the crux of the problem here take a listen to this special Operations Joint Task force operation in hebron resolve on 1st that sustainment command personnel left thousands of Council Offices trained and equipped for and weapons and sensitive equipment items fordable to muscle theft without conducting consistent inventor reason ensuring proper security for c t e f s equipment 1st c. S. C. Could not determine where the items were lost or stolen which could delay the initiation of an investigation so lets be clear theyre saying theyre not 100 percent sure that these weapons and that up in the hands of isis terrorists but that there is a pretty good chance they did now that should raise plenty of questions especially for those who recall that back in 2718 the socalled vetted opposition was getting stock loads of handouts in weapons from the pentagon. The original fiscal year 2017 president s budget requests to train and equip and fits in syria funds training and equipment for about 14000 partner foose troops from the vetted Syrian Opposition seems like some of these vetted opposition were not really interested in fighting the i. C. L. Terrorists they just focused on their ongoing efforts to violently overthrow the Syrian Government one of our Partner Forces there you know laterally conducted patrols outside of the agreed upon deescalation zone and engaged in activities not focused on fighting isis it seems like american weapons pretty consistently end up not in the hands of terrorist fighters but in the hands of terrorists themselves lets see whats been captured. Because. Of the. 715000000. 00 can buy are a lot of ammunition now and that much goes missing in a war torn country that is crawling with terrorists eyebrows should be raised for comparison the republic of the congo and gonna spend less than 715000000. 00 in their annual military budgets latvia spends slightly more in 27. 00 team approximately 1000000000. 00 worth of arms transfers were not properly monitored by the pentagon big mistakes were made in this arm and equip program it partly its an accounting issue because the pentagon as we know has never been successfully audited they tried to audit the pentagon once and it was an absolute failure. They have no idea where the money goes and thats one half of the problem they just dont care because its not about the fence its about 1st of all the military Industrial Complex the more weapons you lose the more you can buy and its this kind of symbiosis the the war machine in washington has so that is on one hand but on the other hand i think theres an intentional lack of oversight with regard to weapons in syria weve seen so many times advanced American Military technology in the hands of isis and al qaida and their offshoots in the region theres of been a flood of weapons into the region there are no consequences to the us its only a benefit to the well politically connected military Industrial Complex in washington d. C. To manufacture and send over more weapons they dont care about the misery of the people on the ground who have to suffer u. S. Leaders frequently described their operations in the middle east as efforts to stabilize the region but nothing brings stability like going into war torn country is crawling with terrorists bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons and then accidentally losing them up and r. T. New york because that show news from moscow this south things for watching how to buy your way into the white house next as crosstalk examines the deep pockets of work for the United States top job. Im. Not. What i was. Going to get money to even you know going to mean. This whole business about blaming russia by america is getting really pathetic because heres a guy whos effectively trying to dehumanizing whole group of people slavic people of the states this is remarkably ironic coming from white like. This in a pretty you cold problem with not a more through mob but in your circles modesty. And even before that would be much for that was a little would have made it a little more of a. Look. At. The white and good but when youre already in the eastern seaboard never you know made it seem to treat. To be. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle bob dylan once said money doesnt talk it screams former republican new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is proving this just the sheer force of lavish spending has made him a serious contender to capture the democratic nomination are we experiencing peak trump derangement syndrome. Cross talking Michael Bloomberg im joined by my guest in washington hes a g. O. P. Strategist in seattle we have zach holler hes an author and media analyst and in los angeles we cross to kim iverson she is host of the kim iverson show or a cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated its a toss up no i always go to the person that got up earlier but we early asked but we have washington and in los angeles im going to defer to los angeles cam what what are the prospects of this kennedy see moving forward for Michael Bloomberg after his 1st appearance on the debate stage go ahead kim. Now want to have. This guy has no charisma you can just find the words you can just by the way that bloomberg thought that he could the way that all of us were ruling that he would do at the end of the day if you got up on that stage and he had he looked staff he looked awkward he looked like that strange cartoon about a billionaire that we see was like a cartoon of an evil billionaire and i think we all just saw about and it was i just dont think he has any chance whatsoever moving forward he has way too much baggage with many dark skeletons that are not even in the closet anymore theyre all out in the open and i dont think hes going to be able to get get over there was. Only excuses are the same excuses that trump has well you know i mean whatever he doesnt have yes but this guy