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War crimes in afghanistan. And free speech advocates in the u. K. Condemned a festivals decision to sideline a feminist professor following complaints from. Some members of it. And some. Had said that they would not appear at the conference if i was so they asked me if i would like to. This International Im sean thomas certainly glad to be with us a ceasefire has come into effect in syria is a war torn in province it was agreed to earlier by the leaders of russia and turkey during high stakes negotiations in moscow the 2 International Powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict which has brought them perilously close to direct confrontation in recent weeks. Tells us about the talks and their results. It took a total of 6 hours 3 of them ted ted between ludmer put another job type at 11 thats a lot for top men and then the 2 countries delegations including foreign and defense ministers joined their leaders and the discussion continued it was clear from the beginning it is not going to be an easy chorus ation journalists were told there will be no press conference at the end or any media context so to the very last moment we didnt know whether were going to see mr putin and mr added a gun this evening at all but both leaders came out to journalists with the outcome of thursdays crucial talks on syria the key point is that the 2 sides came to an agreement to deescalate the syrian turkish crisis in syrias war torn province and to set this in concrete putin and out of the gun signed a document detailing a cease fire on the ground in a loop that starts from midnight march 6th your jews taught at midnight beginning on the 6th of march a ceasefire will be implemented we will take all necessary steps to ensure at last our goal is to do Everything Possible to prevent the humanitarian situation from deteriorating in the region so the ceasefire is certainly agcy point but there were some other steps agreed upon between russia and turkey the 2 sides decided to establish a socalled safe corridor 12 kilometer wide 6 kilometers north and 6 kilometers south from syria strategic and 4 highway connecting aleppo and lattakia and to start joint patrol of this area to secure it to make it a safe zone starting march 15th widely reported described thursday stalks with the head of the gun in general as a positive move through the forgiveness limited his group but we dont always agree without turkish partners in our evaluation of the situation in syria but critical moments having high level bilateral relations weve always managed to find Common Ground on controversial issues and have found acceptable solutions. Well what is a blip this is syria is the last remaining terrorist stronghold damascus lost control over it 5 years ago but back in 2018 russia and turkey again putin anetta gone already committed to help the syrian army clear this fos Northern Province in syria from terrys and hole the size seem to have these common goal and move together towards it until her around a month ago the turkish leader gave up they saw idea and he made a u. Turn calling on russia to leave syria and to leave him face to face with the regime these are hes words the situation on the ground started boiling 2 escalation violence it became clear is something needs to be done urgently a while ago the turkish president announced a special gather rain on syria in istanbul but not only between russia and turkey but also with france and germany thats what meant putting convinced his turkish counterpart that they do not need mediators and this is why we saw mr as a gun coming here to moscow kremlin and having a discussion with like mark putting. General mcadams from the Ron Paul Institute for peace told r. T. It is in the interest of both moscow and andrea to ensure the ceasefire last. We should all breathe a sigh of relief because truly russia and turkey were on the brink of direct conflict it was careening out of control and i think it was very wise to have called this bilateral meeting to hammer it out because there are the danger of it actually adding into war and possibly including nato was very real the whole issue of the of the war torn in the province is not that different in the war for aleppo province which amazingly settled down once it was liberated from the from the control of ji hardest of extremists of al qaida and thats the exact same thing in italy a province the important thing is that the m 4 in an m 5 highways will be open up thats important to certainly to russia into syria but lets also remember the heir to one is having some problems back home theres a huge brawl in the Parliament Just yesterday with 2 with the parties fighting each other the opposition parties are not thrilled that everyone has essentially embedded Turkish Military forces with al qaida to serve as human shields to prevent the syrians from retaking their own territory hes gone way out on a ledge and i think hes finding himself at the end of his political row perhaps. The atmosphere is also tense at turkeys border with the e. U. Where an estimated 35000. 00 Asylum Seekers have gathered since friday attempting to cross into greece turkish authorities have claimed a man died on wednesday after greek police opened fire on a group of migrants an allegation athens denies reporting from the borders are to show depends. In the dead of night theyve set up camp these migrants who say they off from syria have succeeded where so many havent theyve crossed the border from turkey into greece. Iran or holland but even the most basic of comforts can come at a cost on the 1. 00 hand lighting a fire means want for the children on the other it means being visible to the Security Forces and volunteers trying to protect greeces borders. Greece says it stopped thousands from entering into its borders within the last week of those who have made it through many have been arrested and they have been taken to detention facilities like this one here behind me that surround 10 miles from the frontier now you can see children playing clothes hung out to dry so despite the barbed wire on the high fences with security posts life goes on greece has Just Announced that it will create another center in this area to deal with any new to cross from turkey the plan is to deport them as soon as possible and while e. U. Chiefs have come to greeces aid saying it is acting as europe shield others are more critical of the books position this is a moment to which people is questioning guy davidi existence and the very role of the of the European Union not this is we dont have to feel to run after the storm much of the people we must help the people to understand how complex is the life oakum pixies there is the is the war there and and and showed the ability to have the Political Force to fix that and not calling these people and these disparate people. Because calling a greaser shield that means that these people are our weapon for the president and he says the buddha should be opened there is no. Act even in the in the policies of the European Union that allow the members to suspend. Did the right to request. You know kountry i know the disease a very difficult situation but democracy and the rule of law must apply more than ever in this kind of situation and my opinion is that francesco. About dignity. The conditions on the border are not dignified he said neither was the existence of many thousands of migrants who live on a day to day basis stuck in limbo in centers like weve seen hes calling on the e. U. To sort out its issues and to find a solution to the crisis so that countries like greece a new longer left shouldering the burden of migration. Even ski artsy. Near the greek Turkish Border the red cross has a sharply criticized the e. U. Over its handling of the crisis and rebuked greece for suspending asylum applications a decision the u. N. Says has no legal basis some members of the European Parliament however have said the bloc should end all cooperation with turkey. This is again a good lesson for us that the European Union doesnt soften our problems it only makes the problems worse we paid 6000000000 euros to the turkish regime and what we get after some several years we only get blackmailed again so it does the end of the gun just once more money from us and this has to stop infinity is clear that mr hat at the store gave are not a reliable partner so and so i think that the e. U. Should keep the interim council because i think that your piano taxpayers have a lost a lot of money i mean in my view would be an appropriate response for the e. U. To suspend the e. U. Turkish Customs Union with immediate effect. And. We may well be demanding this in the not too distant future on thursday ankara announced it will send 1000 special Police Officers to the border to prevent the greek side from driving back and desperate Asylum Seekers we spoke to some of the migrants about being stranded there. When. I came from of ghana stung i arrived at the border with groups but its closed and one cant grow also that the group Security Forces are dispersing migrants with tear gas. Im from iran and i want to go to europe as you know the Economic Situation in our country is very bad we tried to cross the border but Security Forces detained us took all our belongings and beingness. We left afghanistan we came to work in turkey we left everything behind when we had to queue is opening its border but is it turns out the border is closed no one is helping us out of. The u. S. Secretary of state has bitterly condemned a decision by the International Criminal court to authorize an investigation into possible war crimes in afghanistan my pompei all said that under no circumstances will washington allow american citizens to be held accountable by the hague based organization. Weve come to know this i. C. C. Is a truly political body we have evidence suggesting that there has been there have been efforts to provide misinformation to the corporate form parties were we would take all the appropriate actions to ensure that american citizens are not hold before this political body to settle a political vendetta the us secretary of state mike palm pale was commenting on the relaunching of an investigation by the International Criminal court into activities that took place by major powers in afghanistan this investigation is launched as it appears that a peace deal has been signed and that afghanistan could be drawing down in hostilities the prosecutor is out. To commence and this to gauge in relation to elect crimes committed in the gulf gonna stop at this point the United States has maintained a presence in afghanistan for 18 years and the International Criminal court in its investigation is looking into the activities of cia members the International Criminal court is looking into the possibility of torture cruel treatment outrages upon personal dignity rape and other forms of Sexual Violence as part of policy by members of the cia now its important to note that there have been other allegations against the u. S. In afghanistan u. S. Service members have been accused of bombing and attacking Healthcare Facilities disappearing people and killing civilians according to the latest un report over 100000 civilians have died or been injured in the past decade of fighting in afghanistan however the United States has withdrawn from the International Criminal court the Top Administration withdrew from the court in september of 2018 and it appears that my pompei was doubling down on that this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable Political Institution masquerading as a legal body the i. C. C. Today. Stumble into a sorry affirmation of every denunciation made by its harsh critics over the last 3 decades now its also important to note that last year we saw the pardoning of u. S. Service members accused of killing civilians in both iraq and afghanistan by u. S. President donald trump he pardoned them when they face charges for their actions. So as the war in afghanistan seems to be drawing down many are optimistic about the peace deal it appears that the United States is determined to make sure that members of its armed forces are not held accountable for any crimes they may have committed in afghanistan while the United States maine that maintained its presence there for 18 years. International politics expert daniel shell told us that the u. S. Is used to having the legality of its military actions overlooked. Its interesting to hear those our rhetoric critiquing the International Criminal court it sounded like when he called it a rogue organisation and they were irresponsible i thought he was talking about the Us Government who has always tried to rush to cross the human rights of afghanis in the vietnamese and so many other areas where the us has invaded in pilli theyve never been held accountable theres no reason to think now that they have any fear of being held accountable although this is a big headline there is no preston in the list of human rights violation goes on it or and it would always make hitler blush when u. S. Foreign policy is there and over the course of the cold war and now quote unquote post cold war but look at the answer i get is when is russia china Venezuela Iran you cant tell the people of the 3rd world that the cold war ended. This is Art International an Oxford Academic and feminist has been excluded from a conference celebrating womens rights after the organizers received complaints from trans activists will tell you more about how to for pranks going to. Were feeding our hopes our dreams and desires our money to compete this creates a war do we get back to you know like thats thats a bad deal so when is technology jumping out of history when is the goal is you helping need to keep you healthy to keep me informed or to keep me you know you connected and i missed it so we will live in an area of the post screed area where we will live with less at all these screens and it will be more in harmony or it will help us move. Seemed wrong. But all roads just dont all. Get to shape out disdained to come to advocate and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart when shes to look for Common Ground. And welcome back this is Art International live from moscow lets get right into some political news in the states senator Elizabeth Warren has a dropped out of the race for the democratic partys 2020 president ial nomination she failed to place in the top 2 candidates in any of the 14 states that voted on super tuesday former Vice President joe biden now has the most delegates ahead of his Bernie Sanders going into the next stage of the primary. Elsewhere in the world a helicopter carrying the Philippines National police chief has crashed injuring him and the 7 others on board it had just taken off in the capital manila before striking power cables and coming down in a residential area it is thought that clouds of dust swirling on takeoff were due to visibility near 0. Prochoice activists have rallied in front of the u. S. Supreme court in washington as a hearing opens challenging a Louisiana State law on doctor registrations designed to heavily restrict access to abortions it is the 1st major case to be heard by president appointed justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. Free speech advocates in the u. K. Have condemned a decision to. Form excuse me an Oxford University professor who is scheduled to speak womens festival feminist historian told us it came after organizers were put under pressure by trans activists. Some members of a group called feminist fight back and some trans activists had said that they would not appear at the conference if i was there so they asked me if i would like to disinvite myself and just not come and i said no im not willing to do that partly because i was there in a professional capacity as a professor oxford my faculty had given the conference a great deal of support and they just myself and the head of the history faculty to speak there so i said no and i said please let me know as soon as possible what you intend to do about this and would you like my advice and support on how to deal with these police and they declined that and rang me back at 6 pm and said weve got a compromise you can come but youre not allowed to speak youre not allowed to say anything. That ties to the feminist organization that womans place u. K. Are thought to be one of the reasons for the complaint against her the group was formed in 2017 to fight for womens rights but has been accused of transphobia for opposing the gender recognition act which allows people to change their legal gender ukase department for education has however condemned the tardes exclusion from the event universities are required by law to uphold freedom of speech allowing academics students and visiting speakers to challenge ideas and discuss controversial subjects we have made clear that if universities do not uphold free speech the government will. Oxford universities exit or college has said it was not responsible for the decision of the events organizers it says it is investigating what has happened so in a type it has also been at pains to defend herself against allegations of transphobia. There are some trans activists who call me transfer that is completely unfounded i am connected to an organization which advocates for womens rights and in my professional capacity as a historian i research womens history and the evidence that i have found leads me to agree with the law as it stands that women are a sex and should have access to single sex spaces like refuge it is and the single sex sport i certainly believe that transgender people should be allowed to state their identity and should be treated with respect and im very delighted to work in an institution that respects the rights of transgender staff and transgender students. We have all of top of the stars and marveled at one time or another well enjoy it while it lasts and nasa says verb it thinks were about to lose that celestial beauty to a swarm of satellites. Todays launch of 60 star led satellites to orbit mark falcon 980 a successful flight. There are so many of them it means astronomers get maybe as much as an hour bright streaks going across less sensitive photographic detectors. And as more satellites are placed into orbit they will become an increasing problem to astronomers on the ground use your smart phone camera to record satellites streaks through the night sky to monitor this problem over time. Space x. Has been a great industry popular so theyre very excited and were excited to learn more about their satellites through the demonstration. Or that does it for me i will be back with more news of top the hour this is Art International by bad weather. Do you believe in miracles would seem democrats to you after the. By the search on super tuesday for them the fear of the Bernie Sanders may now be contained however this is far from over taking on trial no easy task. There are not ones out. On the flues off less than one might have snakes on the definitions enough im back. When seeking out in the south. And. Staying in the city. And then you get ready for it. How is that kind. Of. Movie it might not be. Good i do not want that beach. South. To the next guest feeling if one means a leftist i know the deep but let me show this one tokyo find it hes going to have to go to. His work was because he didnt seem quite a cultural figure. They all. Fell. Asleep oh please. Please yes to all this is all the good. News. Thanks carol ara thank you thank. God. Welcome to the alex salmond sure we examine radicalism in scotland past and present the christmas election drew into stark relief the divergence of the politics of scotland and england the 2 additional partners in the creation of the United Kingdom and 1707 while england decided on a pool breaks a temperate 20 Direction School in confirmed that it was an exit and. Today we examine the radical politics of scotland past and present with author and m. P. Kenny macaskill and Political Columnist George Harrison but 1st your tweets emails and messages in response to our short on child refugees and some quite conflicting opinions kevin says better get to building more Affordable Accommodation said should also deal with the rampant drys and homelessness here too while youre at it before we go opening the door to yet more people we wont be able to look after the clinics says the tories are playing to the far right theyve let the touchpaper and are standing back watching and listening to people who have the same views as them but will let then chant and picture it they dont want to lose their will play drops and i do think david says the same westminster government that is trying to throw as many foreign people i to the u. K. As possible im not in the least surprised that they dont want to help robert says that dead child on the beach was just so heartbreaking god love em. To my must says we have enough children needing help here Charity Begins at home william says what about her own kids should you not get her own house in order 1st and finally wilma says shame on the British Government and i for my scottish justice stick to Kenny Macaskill and p. Has built up a formidable reputation as an author before entering the Westminster Parliament in the december election their lover polis the 3rd longest serving Prime Minister but this time the for maintenance 1797 hes back to the cold because he was a British Military commander when the massacre of today took place trailed main women and children were slated because the opposed their position of construction. The Prime Minister or we had a look liverpool was in the military commander for the Central Scotland he wasnt responsible for the order to fire but he was culpable and indeed took the blame according to the lord of the group but he obviously recall him to greater things and became the Prime Minister and the key trying to hear out speaks to him about his newly released volume on scotlands radical history this deals with the p. D. From the french revolution to the radical rising of 820. 00. Kind of cast the welcome back to the Alex Salmonds youll know clearly a little of some advantages to all this book writing them in the they help you with material as well just season 4 here your 1st speeches and the house of commons what was the massacre of to an ent in your constituency it was a military atrocity that became a state covered up it was anti militia riots that took place all over scotland and 7 197. 00 people objected to conscription being brought in as the army out acquired soldiers for the polio wards and also to quiet soldiers for as they put it internal tranquillity which was a euphemism for replacing the people who had been inspired by the french revolution some 12 people were killed as an army frankly run amok in my small constituency in the link that i was happy to point to my maiden speech was that the military commander than 1797 was that all of liverpool who became the Prime Minister and ironically as i conclude my boot was pregnant