Court repealed a 5 year old ban on assisted Suicide Services sparking fears of an exploitative trade and death. Welcome to the weekly here on R T International where we bring you the top stories from the past week jump in fears of a new migration crisis with almost 50000 people crossing into europe in one day thats after turkey opened its borders and prophetically tore up an agreement with brussels under which it took charge of millions of Asylum Seekers and return for Financial Aid on the other side of the Border Police greeted the newcomers with tear gas. But it. Was. Such. That all falls a flare up in tensions in syrias last remaining rebel stronghold in live province turkey threatened to launch a full scale military operation there after dozens of its troops were killed in a syrian airstrike that was targeting to harvest the hostilities have all but ruined turkeys deescalation agreement with russia from the ocean that takes up the story. Its maybe syrias last remaining terrorist stronghold but a blip seems to be killing the last remaining hope for peace or even a dialogue there. Turkey which once committed to working with of russia to clear terrorists from the area is making a u. Turn yesterday i asked him what is your goal if you want to set up a base you can set up a based support draw your troops back from where we are leave us face to face with the regime the comments came after 33 turkish soldiers were reportedly killed in a syrian airstrike on a lib according to the Russian Military the troops died while operating alongside terrorists and turkey failed to inform us that they were there the syrian army has every right to do to regular violations of the cease fire from inside the eclipse zone to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the Un Resolution and a cry for help and car a cold and emergency meeting with nato but i mean speculation that alliance could be dragged into war nothing was offered more than words of support i dont think nato forces will enter syria in support of those who gone are the problem for turkey is the Nato Alliance principle is tacked on along as an attack on all but the turks might be risking trying to save it in attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think theres a lot of reluctance to see new to come into a confrontation with russia so theres. 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 so it seems. Have begun deployed another tactic trying to force europes hand. What we did is we opened up borders because you promised us assistance but you did nothing and we would not close those doors because the e. U. Must keep its word just hours later crowds of migraines rushed to the frontier by food by bus by train even risking their lives at sea. And not all of them are from syria im from afghanistan we are going to greece for a better life the turkish government did right by opening the borders i have been in turkey since i was 3 im originally from afghanistan i want to go to greece because i want to move to europe Living Conditions are better there but there wasnt exactly the warmest of welcomes on all for on the other side of the border agree even used tear gas in a bid to make the new comers abandoned their dreams of a better life which most were strengthening forces on land it is see Additional Police and army forces are being transferred the government is determined to do whatever is necessary to safeguard our borders. So a new wave of the refugee crisis in europe relations with russia again plunge into new lows nato lives in its patients well maybe even more turbulence than ever before in just a matter of weeks have the guns managed to undo the progress of the last 2 years taken the world in a direction thats the exact opposite of the feast the turkish president still promises to restore its a serious escalation from the. Turks who chose to intervene militarily directly because they were doing so by proxy by training and organizing mean. Groups fighting the syrian government. For political reasons because the russians and the cities didnt want to leave the region. The presence. Of them it is not sanctioned by the Un Resolution and it was going through the. Region or occupation by. d city in. The 1st phase of joining us on just us extradition case wrapped up this week the decision on whether the journalist will be handed over to the u. S. Are not will be reached in may when further hearings are to be held now the prosecution argued that knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published troves of classified u. S. Military files without redacting names and other Sensitive Information washington claims that following those leaks in 2010 sources disappeared in iraq afghanistan and iran that we had leaks founder is also accused of encouraging the whistleblower and Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to hack the pentagons Computer Network i thought his defense team have sought however to counter those allegations but to sing their case with previously undisclosed information they claim the publisher actually warned then secretary of state. Clinton about the leaks so as to insure the safety of those individuals whose names appeared in the documents theyve also stressed that saunders activities are protected by the principles of press freedom and his lawyers have also strongly rejected the asportation that he encouraged manning to hack the pentagon furthermore they say extradition would undermine their Clients Health during the hearing assad was held in a glass cage he was also prevented from talking to his lawyers we spoke to one of them. Well look i dont know. A songe was in a grave condition before court but during the extradition proceedings it got even worse he was being held in a see through a room without any access to his lawyers while he was being delivered to this room he was handcuffed 11 times he underwent a full body search twice and went through 5 different rooms before he finally entered the court moreover a songe couldnt take part in the Court Process he was deprived of any kind of interaction with his lawyers he tried to reach out to be by passing a piece of paper through a gap in the glass box he was being held in and he was told off by the guard because of that i mean this is inconceivable how can a person be in Court Without being able to interact or communicate with his lawyers who are representing his interests. Throughout the week to lead us on just supporters have been protesting outside the court in london claiming the case is a test of fundamental journalistic freedoms and calling on the u. K. And u. S. Government not to shoot the messenger muscatel it looks now at how the wiki leaks founder has found himself closer than ever to extradition. Enemy number one you decide either way today in the songs has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild but not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death i dont want to do it illegally shoot the son of a and its not a crime its in the Public Interest this is what some say in america is not democracy or told its a total sham to louisana is engaged in terrorism issue are treated as an enemy combatant. 6 with the leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service you know you say what worries everybody here today because they dont believe mainstream narrative the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a truth of class of. U. S. Documents leong bad views of powell at the very highest levels with the u. S. Justice department hot on his heels as some sort of saddam in londons Ecuadorian Embassy the 7 known that he is before suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Are. A stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal is bank account had just been credited with a 4200000000 dollar learn from the i. M. F. Where the u. S. Has huge sway so from the 4 walls of the embassy to the 4 walls of a jail cell a songe was taken to Londons Belmarsh prison and handed an exceptional sentence in britain but of violations seldom lead to prison sentences theyre generally subject only to fines. By contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single Purpose Holding a son should long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him betrayed by ecuador feeling let down by the legal system a saw and now claimed his fundamental human rights were under attack he was put in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day the un and Rights Groups were in disbelief and some feared for more than just his freedom we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr a staunch could die in prison the medical situation is there by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising theres suspicion swallowing around the extradition trial especially given the u. S. U. K. Treaty clearly states no success can be extradited the political purposes which many tame at the says washington says this case is strictly about National Security it seems Queen Elizabeth the 2nd didnt get the memo. I must tell you however that as a constitutional sovereign her majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a matter in which the queen would intervene if the u. K. Kowtows to its allies request a sound might be dealt not just a life sentence without parole but even the Death Penalty if washington to side step out on thought the charges in the future that if it finds a willing jury which apparently wont be a problem a songe will receive a trial by jury in alexandria virginia the notorious Espionage Court where the u. S. Tries all National Security cases the choice of location is not by coincidence the cases are always tried in front of the same judge behind closed doors and on the strength of classified evidence nobody has ever been acquitted then a case like that that is a prearranged affair a show trial is to be used to make an example of june in a songe the point is to intimidate of the journalists global outcry human rights the law the right to a fat trial turns out there all week adversaries in the face of a government who will fight tooth and nail to keep a lid on its dirty secrets. Julian assange is a friend of mine and thats not the Julian Assange sitting in the courtroom this man is mentally and physically shrunken and how could it be otherwise after a whole decade of this cruel and unusual punishment who will volunteer to be the next julian a son who will receive the evidence which checks out as being true of high crimes and misdemeanors by the Us Government or any government for that matter including our own and then report it to the public there will be had there would have to be either foolhardy or extremely brave because if they did so they run a very high risk of ending up in a bullet proof box in Woolwich Crown for facing extradition and the rest of your life in prison in the United States trust me that wont have a Chilling Effect on free journalism in the world it will have a killing effect. Still to come towns in northeastern france accuse their belgian neighbors of illegally dumping trash across the border that story and more after the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Spearing Dramatic Development the only move really. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. You know we talk a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency usually what makes a currency is scarcity for example gold is a currency its money because its scarce thats the primary reason people use it as money keynesian economics or socialism is usually unworkable because the people who are organizing it think that well you can just print all the money you need you need a program print more money theres socialism for banks on wall street as was pointed out recently one of the big president ial debates you know a bank gets in trouble just print more money well whats the ultimate scarce commodity what is the ultimate scarce commodity you think about it what is the ultimate scarce commodity. Welcome back to the weekly germany has lifted a ban on the commercial sale of euthanasia but critics warn that the right to die will now be exploited for Profit Margins peter all over takes a closer look. Almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the Constitutional Court in culture is said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the Constitutional Court means is that thats being overturned and not only could Companies Offer euthanasia but that advertising for death could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesdays court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme paying and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within Palliative Care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal Service Anyone who allows you to nature will sooner or later make it compulsory to die especially in this society is economize designers knowledge of experience across all other countries shows that supply creates demand immediately following the ruling politicians are asking what situations this will be allowed in also what the commercial implications will be for companies wanting to get involved in the euthanasia business i want clear rules about when medical assistance in particular is allowed and when commercial aphoristic are excluded it is perfectly normal for people who have a terminal diagnosis to feel suicide in fact some of the studies show that ive 80 percent go through a period of depression with some sort of sidle thoughts and so what we should be doing is trying to find ways to assist those people in getting through that period and actually. Living their lives rather than promoting assisted suicide needs an ac of services so we would be extremely worried about any commercialization all run off the process or indeed promotion that would lead to many Vulnerable People feeling that their lives were not worth living and actually ending them prematurely highest people here in berlin what their thoughts are on the ruling of whether this is right for germany its not a commercial thing dying it its something that needs care security he needs. Yet professionalism i think there are certain things that you cannot put a seal to people like its not a business you before i know want to commit suicide but im suffering i want to end my life you cannot do that to pay for it seems like there was very bad incentives there if for example that advertising was actually targets people who already have a hard time it could lead to people considering suicide more strongly i dont disagree with their physician assisted suicide just because like there are certain aspects that are beneficial for it but in terms of the advertising i could go either way like a really it depends on who is in control of that promoting these kind of things for me is that a progress currently within a year of belgium the netherlands looks a book and switzerland all allow assisted dying but with germany said to joy in the concerns are about what is one of the most sensitive of subjects could be said to become a Business Opportunity peace for all of the. Residents in northeastern france are crying foul over fly tipping they can use their neighbors and belgium legally dumping trash across the border are to charlotte n. C. Picks up the story. This may look like part of a landfill site but it snot all of this waste has been dumped here illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. They are throwing everything away. Yes but here we see its far more serious we estimate around 200 tons of waste its enormous as far as the pollution we dont know whats inside it could be tons of who knows what type of products. Chemicals. We dont know we see cleaning products plastics but more could be hidden it didnt take long before calls track down where the waste was coming from what if we did i was looking through the trench piles and piles of it it all had signs of being from the same place we searched and found out it was from on turnip. And that if so heres an invoice is it and. Im very near it says center of so. When the company was contacted it didnt any knowledge of illegal waste dumping but the local resident jessica told me that since that statement the fly tipping has continued its being described as a dumping on an industrial scale and you can see why back in the local Fishermans Association is also concerned. On the water source or close to this pollution so there could be a problem because it could affect our pond this is the 21st century there are designated places to put waste like this its an acceptable people are doing this unregulated the Mayors Office says the cost of cleaning this up is beyond its means you know and if youre also on a financial level for us this is impossible to solve we have a Small Community of 1000. 00 people it would cost the equivalent of the whole annual budget to get rid of this. A criminal investigation into this problem with cross border dumping has we know you print and customs agents have stepped up their patrols now in 2017 they reported 7 metric tons of waste like this was illegally trafficked into france in 2018 that shot up to 130000000 metric tons now although there are no figures yet available for 29000 it is clear that this issue is escalating the communities here are fed up of being a dumping ground for of the peoples waste they want more regulation and are calling on the e. U. To step in to solve a problem that some believe europes open borders are helping to facilitate. For r. T. In. 4 years after they lost the white house to trump the democrats are still haunted by the specter of russian collusion only now theyre pointing the finger at one of their own Bernie Sanders artist on court looks at whether he and the russians have been rumbled. Good news comrades our agent Bernie Sanders is doing better than we expected in the primaries are planned to have 2 agents fight over the presidency Operation Hammer and sickle is a go but we have one problem some in the Democratic Party establishment are becoming savvy to our strategy Vladimir Putin thinks donald trump should be president of the United States and thats why russia is helping Bernie Sanders get elected so hell lose to trump it doesnt help that just last week western media published information about our top secret operation exposing the connection between agents trump and sanders with our center in moscow as you learned tonight and today yesterday the day before is going to have were going to war help coming from learn to be prudent move through. Your Health Provider to do want somebody who didnt think can be from at least age and trump was able to follow orders admit nothing deny everything and make counter accusations it was highly exaggerated. And frankly i think its disgraceful and i think it was a leak from the Intelligence Committee our house version and i think that they leaked it i think probably shipley good agent sanders on the other hand really dropped the ball he panicked and that is the ugliest thing theyre doing is they are trying to cause chaos the trying to cause hatred in america its an ugly business and all of us have got to say sorry youre not going to do this in the selection and again is present in the United States. You will not interfere in our elections the order was to deny sanders deny but he broke under pressure blowing the cover of our moscow back to bernie bros i disown these people they are not part of our movement all of us remember 2016 and what we meant what we remember is efforts by russians and others to try to interfere in our election and divide us up. Im not saying thats happening but it would not shock me the center has good reason to believe agent sanders has been compromised were losing control over his actions and hes praising our strategic allies too openly you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a Massive Literacy Program its not a bad think its only a matter of time before they discover the interview agent sanders gave to profit i mean r t what effect do you think you can have on your voters it was so close here in iowa well i just hope that people take a hard look at the real issues impacting their lives to make matters worse we may have a mole in our midst how else could the footage have been leaked remember when the comrades recruited sanders at the new years party of 1980 bernie spent his honeymoon in there in soviet russia i mean i think if were going to go back and forth about whos more in the tank with russia its a really hard one between barney and rob we have made too many tactical blunders as it is and western pundits are already undergoing a campaign to discredit our agent obviously we know the russians are continuing to try to choose our next president like they chose our last president the russians dont want me to be the nominee who spent a lot of money on bots on facebook and theyve been taken down say biden is a bad guy they dont want biden rule in politics pick your opponent and putin and trump are picking their opponent the happiest person right now its about one thing on this thing is going very well for blatter we have to promise you. Probably stay up watching us right now how you doing our rivals already know too much comrade commissar i think its time to extract our agents. Thats a recap of just some of the stories that helped shape the world these last 7 days thanks for tuning in. I. You. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business im showbusiness ill see that. The world is driven by dream shaped by some person of those. Thinks. We dare to ask. For. A long while can. 2 worlds apart 17 years ago the world was convulsing with protest against the war in iraq one even sat a Guinness World record for the largest antiwar rally ever held but now that theres 3000000 in drone nor the over 13000000. 00 protesting across the globe could the Bush Administration from launching Operation Iraqi freedom which would block the country in fratricidal violence for years to come whats really take for iraq to recover from at all to discuss that im now joined by a far higher. Chairman of the Iraqi Advisory Council and a former political advisor to to iraqi president mr aldrin its so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention the real mark of the 75th anniversary of the Bush Administrations decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend their rationale for thats why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad