Between russian backed Syrian Forces and turkish troops in syria and korea says that one more to the soldier has been killed by shelling in italy province follows reports that 33. 00 total turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by Syrian Forces the president s of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russias foreign min the suspect in support of the syrian armys right to respond to ceasefire violations and also call for cooperation between all sides within the greek frog. We reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the president s of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the observer on to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the u. N. Resolution and fighting terrorism. The syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the property in the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they werent even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. Whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the Syrian Army Fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the Russian Reconciliation Center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened its certainly strange they werent informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and theres even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkeys allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is thats just speculation but we also heard from the countrys minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to turkey is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that cease fire with this stuff. And so against the militant stronghold in ad lib and on the other hand syria and russia accuse turkey of not holding up its end of the bargain apparently ankara was supposed to remove terrorist groups from the region while negotiating with the more moderate groups but making a firm dividing line between the 2. Possibilities between groups there but the efforts that its made to that effect have been quite ineffective and more talks are scheduled in march actually between iran and turkey and russia on the issue so well have to see if that yields any results of back and solve the crisis currently going on in the syrian province meanwhile nato has held a special meeting in brussels at the request of the secretary general said that the lines stand behind ankara but called on all sides to find a peaceful solution allies are constantly looking into what more they can do to provide further support for turkey nato allies are engaged in trying to move forward in the efforts of the un there 1st and find a peaceful solution we call on turkey we call on. Russia to fully engage in such a un led efforts to find a peaceful solution we spoke about this mark almontaser political analyst and also director of the Crisis Research institute believes that nato support will largely remain. I dont think major forces will enter syria in support of those to. The problem to try to use the Nato Alliance as principle is an attack on warners all time all but the turks might be risking trying to serve as an attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think was also reluctant to see neutral come into a confrontation with russia so theres quite a lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see the syrian armys offensive stopped but im not sure they want to go beyond words and perhaps symbolic gestures. Well as military conflict is continue in the region large groups of refugees to continue to head for europe earlier on friday there were reports of a turkish official saying the country would no longer stop breathy genes including syrians from crossing into the European Union these pictures are from our video agency ruptly and they do show people into some of them carrying children reportedly making their way to the border with greece in greece itself these are pictures from there showing migrants arriving on the island of leds both by boat volunteers have been meeting them with blankets and essential supplies although protests have gripped greek islands in recent days with locals opposing government plans to build the migrant camps that are calm and again please that he is using tensions around the e. U. Migrant controls to blackmail europe to support. Several crimes in recent months where he took his governments approach weve heard one himself has heard 1st of all turkey has through a hole through 3 quarter 1000000 refugees through its painful quarter maybe we were pretty and should do more for them or let them go to europe and she could be what hes now doing in this crisis is saying to the europeans if you dont back me up i have a weapon i can use to do your society is remember what happened when the moon and a half refugees arrived in germany in 2015 all the spin off show in politics and bush to appear important and so in a way a person to understand your friends and allies. Support me but if you dont i can blackmail you with opening the floodgates to perhaps 2 or 3000000 refugees trying to enter the European Union so that makes course then rather awkward id have if you prove hes trying to hold a gun to your head as well as in his other hand a gun to the head. Fabric it is in the Us Democrat Party of being a night behind anybody but Bernie Sanders a wealthy donor has made the play believing that sanders could not be donald trump in the next president ial election taylor reports. Are you friends or happiness but might be true but they could just buy you the white house mega dona Bernard Schwartz has been digging deep in his pockets to help the democrat course but its not entirely a no Strings Attached situation we should know who is the best person to be dull trump and with all due respect Bernie Sanders. So which horse is short is betting on well hes not fussy but either of his friends from the Billionaires Club will do who just like him arent shy on splashing the cash and since were already here together lets look at just how much cash with king take joe biden now hes discovered that he cant just rely on his instagram a bromance with obama to take him all the way so decided instead to drop a 6 figure sum on just one ad for good measure though he did keep in some a bow minister. This is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in Public Service youve got to admire him though if i were trailing 12 percent behind the top candidate and had my own backers jumping ship id be a bit tighter on the past strings by the way biden still pales in comparison to what his buddy bloomberg has spent so far its estimated the ex new york mayor has dropped a casual 400000000 on his campaign but hey its only no point 6 percent of his 64000000000. 00 fortune so no biggie also at least hes having some fun with it not even the aspiring u. S. President is above a cheeky trolling campaign and it seems to be paying off because hes risen from the very bottom of the polls to somewhere near the top of course lets not forget he is an old hand when it comes to knowing just what money can get you all of the new democrats that came in put nancy pelosi in charge and gave the congress the ability to control this president i got them hoops well lets look further afield now at some. Other candidates like people too much credit to sense the people might not be found of this whole exclusive club of the rich so decided to play the role of the average joe just the man on the street and im the only candidate on those debates stages in this race the major candidates whos not a millionaire or a billionaire what the s a penniless candidate and big Money Politics what if you believe bunny not quite were going to contrast our views with mayo to judge 40 billionaires who are contributing to his campaign the heads of the c. E. O. s of the large pharmaceutical industries the Insurance Companies and so forth well since bonnies made an apparent lets peek inside his coffin he might go about divvying up the cash once he gets his hands on those Government Funds but until then it seems hes more about treating himself he has dipped into his funds and brought out around 14000000. 00 for just a few t. V. Ads so it seems that no matter what side of the political spectrum youre on you know that to win in this game you need a lot of the green stuff to help you along the way but money is always played a big part in american elections especially since 2010 with the Us Supreme Court ruled in a case called Citizens United that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people thats what this Supreme Court decided thats a travesty and thats really undermined american democracy even more and made it more a money game then ever before thats a big problem in the us money yes and the role of money is growing even more but i dont think its at a point where a Movement Like senators could still prevail. That some dramatic footage has come out of paris this evening where a fire broke out maybe guardedly on trying station. God. I. Police say it was started by a group of people whod been attending a concert of a kong artist nearby they described the groups actions as totally unacceptable the crowds reportedly did try to prevent firefighters from getting close to the place that he 7 people have been arrested so far firefighters they did manage to extinguish the place quickly although a number of cars were destroyed the station is also evacuated along with the metro people had been asked to avoid the area. A new report in the u. K. Is found that minority groups are being overrepresented in the media black asian and other ethnic minorities have twice the presence apparently on t. V. Than they actually have on the streets of britain and the same also applies to the l. G. B. Community but one of the channels that looked was looked sincere in this report says it is simply trying to reflect reality channel 4 c. Claims its main goal is to reflect more than diversity in its output although critics say its counting for. Grow boring characters to refer to demographics or. You know what else is overrepresented on t. V. They hate for white people but its even worse there are 4 characters here well to have to be nonwhite and one must be gary the country isnt 50 percent nonwhite and of course again. What we put the issue up for debate with the new York Observer columnist andre walker and also human rights activist Peter Tatchell. This highlights the ludicrous idea of having quotas for everything i genuinely believe that in Television Like all the rest of life you should have the best people for the job but you know what if youre going to have quotas that when the white middle class heterosexual men are on to represent it then youve got to throw somebody else out or we dont have a quota system in british t. V. There are attempts and have been successful attempts according to these statistics to redress the marginalization exclusion and collect past decades and i think thats a great thing to celebrate because it does show that we are a more accepting understanding Inclusive Society this is about normalizing the fact that we live in a Diverse Society this is not about diversity it ought not to be about diversity what it should be about is the best person for the job television is bad to tell humans so you pick the best guy for the job or the best woman for the job who acts in the best way all the social change that Peter Tatchell is talking about all of this lets get a gay person could look at your black person as the black its just a load of 970 s. Rock im certain that all those black and gay actors are chosen not because of their race or sexuality but because they happen to be good actors we need to fight discrimination we need to ensure that people who are disabled or gay or black and not discriminate to go to but the idea of just lets just pick this person whoever they are just in order to fill a quota is that all doesnt nobody that everybodys doing the right. Good actors peter you get a piece of pizza i love you to pieces youre out of date but you had in your here or not seen as the company this am alis ambassador has caused a stir in paris after criticizing french anti terror operations in the west african country that story plus others too on the way. The sole survivor for the smoke. To earth who can influence. The nature and. Structures to break decided to show. Some function so i hope that for the rest of the line in the book. The republicans have a reputation as knowing more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very confusing and so Bernie Sanders is just out of a tradition hes talking about socialism which again is a its a its a model based on a in comprehensible. Non existant theory about money. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back you with r. T. Now in the u. S. State of montana a total of 4 City Council Officials have now asked the Prosecutors Office to drop charges against the whistleblower Brandon Bryant who is famous for lifting the lid on civilian killings in u. S. Overseas Drone Operations we are force fed through and had been charged with threatening city officials in a you tube video and is currently in detention over the past few months hes attended multiple City Council Meetings criticizing the way the tax money is being used brandons mother though claims his incarceration is politically motivated shes launched a campaign to in the hope of raising 100000. 00 for his burial. My son was the u. S. Your 1st missile over who broke the code of silence on the joint program now hes in jail in the account into the facility he has no criminal record and yet he is in hell the 100000. 00 bail under detention he is isolated from this family and its friends in terms manically mean indeed an emotional support animal and brian served as the u. S. Air force drone operator from 2006 until 2011 having left the military he then began exposing cases of what he alleged to be civilian deaths resulting from american drone strikes brian claim that commanders often prioritize the elimination of a target over accuracy resulting in innocent people being killed in the process and revelations won him a german whistleblower award in 2015 and also intensified debate over the use of a German Air Base by American Drones well heres how brandon described his experience to us back in 2050. I actually talked with a lady whose husband. Was killed he has been in brother was killed in a drone strike i talked to her face to face and she asked me why her husband and brother had to die and they werent bad guys and i just looked at her and i said i i dont know and thats not the really the best thing that i can tell someone who is asking questions about why someone that they cared about was killed and they need to know the answers and the really true hard answer to say is that im sorry that. The mistake happened and im doing everything that i can to prevent further mistakes from happening. Authorities say that bryant was arrested on a felony charge for instantly free had allegedly exhibited threatening behavior during City Council Meetings and on top of that he threatened to eliminate its members and he changed video however former f. B. I. Agent and whistleblower really believes that brians current predicament is connected to his past revelations this does seem to be more retaliation for his having spoken out about the Drone Operations and the fact that they were killing innocent civilians more so then what hes now done typically with the whistleblower they look back in your personnel files 1st to see if theres anything bad that they can use to discredit the messenger and if they cant find anything bad bad in someones background or personnel file then they wait for the was a blower to make a small error or mistake and the draw was a blow or are in a fragile emotional state already as you can see with all the veterans they suffer from p. T. S. D. And we know from many other cases retaliate ing and persecuting one. Lors that that seems to be the standard m. O. The government is in perpetual war and so the war goes on for ever that means that even if you speak out even years ago and its especially if you continue to speak out about the wrongful actions in the war crimes its going to continue this is not to negate the fact that brandon certainly he erred hurt if he made any threatening remarks or comments he certainly should be corrected in the should receive more treatment but i dont think he should be punished the way hes being punished. My friends have been angered by comments made by the ambassador his ally mali he was critical of french Anti Terrorist squads in the west african country of whisky has more details tensions have risen diplomatically between mali and france following those comments by the mall in. France in which he criticised and denounce the actions of french soldiers on the ground in his country folk luke russert elements there are no desirable some elements of the army because we see it all we see to use all over and we dont know what they are doing on the streets of demarco at night and its not good for the image of france. All those remarks have provoked anger here in front of all ambassador was hauled in front of the Foreign Affairs with history to explain those actions meanwhile the French Armed Forces with this deplored probably didnt notice that was being false and also unacceptable this was a statement from her ministry rather than channeling and spreading false accusations we expect the ambassador of mali to devote all his energy to implementing the post summit and achieving success for everyone it comes just after from held a big summit just a few weeks ago in the south the province discussed the future over the sawhill region and operation volcano this is process is the largest overseas. With all the 5000. 00 troops stationed across 5 countries in the sawhill region including mali now president merkel also said at that summit the french soldiers were paying for the conflict in blood and lets have a look at some of the recent attacks in the sawhill region. It comes amidst other tensions such as protests on the ground against french troops and being stationed in bali protesters saying theyre not welcomed at all so you saying that france is still treating the country as if its a colonial entity and it comes of its the fact that the mali and president himself is that that his government has opened talks with the 2 hardest in a way to find a solution to the conflict now we know that mali is sending its Foreign Affairs minister here to paris to try and smooth things over but the reality is this latest diplomatic an incident is going to raise more questions about the why of french soldiers in the ground possibly offering up their lives to fight for a war thats not their own. Germanys top court has upheld a ban on judges and training lawyers wearing head scarves to work their rule that the clothing violated the neutrality of the court room with the details his patrol. Germanys Constitutional Court has decided that when it comes to wearing islamic head scarfs court rooms are a special case a blanket ban on religious symbols similar to what they have in france isnt favored in germany but when it comes to wearing islamic headscarf in court thats a different matter the court has rejected the constitutional complete against the ban on wearing a headscarf or certain official activities over those obligations constitute an interference with the completeness freedom of belief and other fundamental rates this is justified the case was brought by a german the rocket legal trainee you argue that the state of paces rules that she couldnt wear red scarf while carrying out certain official duties was constitutional the ruling by the Constitutional Court has raised a few eyebrows on social media with people asking the question why a crucifix is allowed in a court room but a headscarf is not on the one hand the state may prohibit women lawyers in training from wearing the headscarf in court in order to maintain ideological and really just neutrality on the other hand. Germany a courtroom must be relieved neutral hands the headscarf ban also germany. Headscarf ban because the court should be neutral at the same time crucifix on the wall because it is known not to be a religious symbol has scarf bans target the group that is most discriminated against in germany in making the ruling the Constitutional Court pointed out that headscarf can be worn in the Court Building there only prohibits its carrying out public duties in the court itself i spoke to people on the streets of berlin and asked if they made this decision ok. I think its absolutely not pride believe in a free country and everyone here has the right to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. In this nation are not new. No i think that its wrong because it concerns religion if you lead an obliges you to burn it its then you have to do it no matter where you go thats why i dont think its right that its forbidden. Myth that. We are old people they have their own culture and we have our culture those people have to adapt to where they are i have nothing against tent those people who come to germany they have to adapt but i have nothing against the headscarf. Germany 16 states have differing rules when it comes to religious symbols in this case the cole ruled that the trainee lawyer couldnt wear a headscarf as it went against the neutrality that a court room must show however it has led to questions over that being one rule for christians and another for muslims this is not a job this is something we need to do here so this is something oh its belong to vote a law on the constitution and they need to resume the constitution and it should be neutral all all we know about to be out of here in a country or is it christiane e. G. They may know that because the undertake and they need to respect that in the main of the people or a lot of people in this country they dont want to see a lot of muslims on one of the religions who are being the symbols of privileges to presenting the constitution in the cost this isnt something we are told no doubt about of the main constitution of the country and to make us more work on cheating need people will be tortured to present the law without any other allegiance to be mixing in this law. Whats not say that she knew that for the saddam to get plenty stories is always on my website and i dont go. Well youre right he is now they live should we have had a much better 17 years could we could have had a much more prosperous iraq a stable iraq yes as their. Mistakes happen absolutely. Made things better by far they could have done they should have made it better but that does not take away from the flag they have stood up to around the dictator who was blood thirsty and he participated in the murder and killing of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and millions of more of the around then the invasion of kuwait and so on. 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 led. By. What is true whats his face. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the death. Or a mate in the shallowest. Selfproclaimed democrat a socialist Bernie Sanders is leading the pack of contenders buying for the nomination to take gun trump but will the Democratic Party rally behind someone who embraces the word socialist and what impact will that have in a general election frank luntz one of the most him