A Media Freedom group says the industry future is at stake is wiki leaks founder Julian Assange prepares for his possible extradition to the United States. This friday evening in moscow live from arts internationals World News Center is kevin owen here with the latest bulletin who stay with me for the whole thing so 1st of all as mentioned those headlines were starting in syria fighting raging in the Northwest Province there russia is calling on turkey to allow refugees there safe passage to areas under the control of president a sad request comes after Turkish Backed rebel fighters launched an offensive against government positions in the town of. On thursday. With an estimated 900000 people displaced by the violence now 2 su 2 u. S. Lawmakers called on the secretary of state might pompei o to take diplomatic action against syria and against russia at the same time the American Military officials have also acknowledged the complexity of the situation in libya admitting that the province has become a haven for extremist factions. Provinces to be a magnet for terrorist groups especially because it is an ungoverned space in many ways the raw variety of groups there all of them are a nuisance and menace and a threat to hundreds of thousands of civilians who are just trying to make it through the winter. It goes down off next takes a closer look then at how it labors become a key flashpoint in the syrian conflict as it goes drawing competing International Powers along the way. Coming to shove in 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 one 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 in particular 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 very committed to making it live a safe place for both and the people of the region at all costs militants shamelessly boasting turkey provided a. P. C. s coming on mosques covered by turkish artillery fire 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 route 22 of the Russian Air Force at the request of the syrian command have carried out as strikes against the dancing on terror 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 should with president carter was the fact is that hes fighting on it led he 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 led deescalation zone and a cheap a pullback of assad Regime Forces to the 2800. 00 so she ceasefire lines the u. S. Has its own stake in the syria war and it has its eye 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 its 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 the 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 its actually a proxy war by International Players using the syrian country the syrian battlefield as a proxy battlefield. Coronavirus in the headlines again now ukraine in health sense of being used to quarantine evacuees from china has been put on the cons to watch by 200 Security Offices its off to local residents in fear of a possible spread of this new virus rioted in protest against the rival of 45 nationals and 27 foreigners from the city at the f. P. Center of the outbreak. But. You see the strength of fear of feeling that well that flight from the chinese city where tens of thousands of people have been infected landed in the ukrainian city of how to cope. The clashes left 9 Police Officers and one civilian injured dont court has got more the story for you. 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 be hard to match the anger brewing in ukraine to just that situation. Q ok. 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 number of. The buses made it to their destination in the end but there on welcome reception wasnt exactly what kiev expected presidency lansky 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 star warning about the health of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange and as he prepares for the opening hearing on his u. S. Extradition next week is father is deeply concerned about julians health as hes been telling. Then one of julians of the 1st appearance in judge borats was court the judge 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 cant remember their birth or their. Concert consequently we believe that julian or to immediately leave same for in a teacher spittle thats what would happen in a stroller the judge would not continue the hearing because that pretty prison was not world. In their voices more than 100 doctors from around the world are still rallying against britains handling of your sons case generally saying hes being subjected to psychological torture in jail but also calling on the strain in government to intervene and the day to protect one of his own citizens 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 the noble 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 it revealed so much specifically on u. S. Military operations in iraq and afghanistan i never saw on g. s forces on trial in the u. S. If he is extradited this will pose a major threat to all journalism well no understatement to say its been nothing short of a dramatic decade for jewel in the sciences and care in washingtons ratha can tell you next hour here were telling his story in detail. I 1st heard about wiki leaks you know aside from the helicopter footage in iraq. I think it down to the people who remain in the u. S. Military who have never forgiven him for it this guys a traitor a treasonous and and he has broken every law the United States illegally shoots out of the us really historic to have. Independent journalist a guy with his computer to seeing you is a lot of crimes and to a global audience. The idea of developing an anonymous digital truck bombs and applying it to a Media Organization is what he makes that was the 1st. I didnt the tool anticipate that he would be for a short while world right and wrong one of the worlds most powerful news will rise i should put your expanded founder Julian Assange in the sun over the sun and there was a great deal of jealous in the mainstream towards sancerre in particular why wont he be more like off that you seem. To mean feces on the walls. System. We have Julian Assange in solitary confinement in this prison for terrorists a way to keep the house alive in person the person. I dont want to see him die in the u. S. Prison. And i think thats what hes facing. The next president for the break still ahead the past comes but right now the events but greece overturning some long for 2 of the artifacts and its sold. As the report. It is were back. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being. What is true what is. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the. Forum made in the shallows. 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 trying to arrangement syndrom. Again the sought international so as mentioned just before the break there tug of war between the u. K. And greece over classical sculptures and see nothings fail for decades to secure the return of relics it says was stolen however brecks it now has changed that a bit could be about to change over the e. U. Reportedly backing greeces claim to the socalled elegant models of brussels could now push britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in athens but its currently on display in the British Museum in london question is how to get there greece claims the marbles was stolen by lord elegant in the 19th century but britain insists no its acquired them legally and further it isnt budging. The u. 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 we discussed it though as cultural historian wendy earle and social commentator mo and so whether or not these relics should be returned. 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 woke enlightened 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 go back i think history itself is a very complicated place to go history is 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 the item and this is the worst of it and stewardship of the tyrants 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 continue to understand their histories and continue to develop our knowledge by 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 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 moment this moment 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 to 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 in a far lighter and run and losing argument. Well ok thats your opinion. Indeed the next pentagon report has accused the u. S. Military of failing to keep track of weapons with hundreds of millions of dollars in syria its just weapons were vulnerable to loss or 1st which has in turn skyrocketed operational costs and the other major consequences too is caleb maupin reports from new york city. 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 no did not account for the budgeted 715800000 of count arses trained and equipped for and equipment for fiscal years 2017 and 28 seen hundreds of weapons were not properly stored to 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 for reports of mosul 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 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 part of foods 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. In. 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 defense 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 describe 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 caleb mop and r. T. New york. Britains largest defense and Aerospace Company b. A systems has received to borrow she could has more line of chris chief executive boasted of bumper profits in 29. 2019 was a good year for the company. We grew sales by 7 percent. And that enabled us to grow our dividend by 4 and a half percent which is the greatest increase weve had of dividends in the past 8 years. Systems as a u. K. Based Defense SecurityAerospace Company its the largest defense contractor in europe and before far just in the world among its biggest or most lucrative markets is saudi arabia which has repeatedly been accused of war crimes in yemen or riyadh became involved in that conflict in 2015 years it intervened in support of the internationally recognized government in its fight against hiv the rebels since then the war has claimed over 100000 lives many more people have been displaced the has always insisted that it complies with all arms licensing regulations but thats not stop criticism online now. So glad killing people has brought you a nice dividend manufacturing weapons of death and sell them to questionable states the murder kits but well done b m e systems profits more than just financial killing now as dividends at the expense of human lives murderers and dispersal Media Coordinator for the campaign against the arms trade he told me the governments need to take a far more stringent approach to weapon sales. Criticism of he has to be that it is arming and supporting some of the digital interests of the she mused and while just as putting an end to the war zone in yemen which is make the situation in measurably worse because break no thing to objects which are made by systems of flying over yemen fading missiles actually made by. Missile Computers One brought on by the systems longer about what is going on for more they have profiteered because where every bit as war and conflict there will always be major armed companies trying to profit from it because the problem isnt just the companies that will become pleased to have responsibility of a problem are the governments who are taking such a relaxed approach to arms that the arms control and are actively arming and supporting human rights abusing regimes dictatorships in war zones around the world its bats lead is about level of Political Support for the arms industry which really needs which needs to stop immediately and without full thats it for now from the newsroom for me kevin 0 in the rest on to team this friday thanks taking the time out to watch this update stand by for latest programs to in your part of the world i can tell you people of l. Z. Where these latest cross talk after the break. This whole business about blaming russia by america is getting really pathetic because heres a guy whos effectively trying to d. C. Humanize the group of people slavic people of the states this is remarkably ironic coming from life like. This in a pretty you know the moon but its certainly one of. The much for that was a little bit to do with the. Look. At. The white english sort of produce here already in the you since you have the. Same situation. To be. That. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle bob dylan one 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 arrangements and. Cross talking michael. 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 all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it its a toss up now i always go to the person that got up earlier but we early as 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