The 2018 deliberate attack in syria. Why would a pair of the top Inspection Team leaders both with impeccable records both incidentally from the western background who have never set a foot wrong such. A low im kevin are in sort of a morning when the some of the march of moscow just turned warm welcome from the Arts InternationalWorld News Center im here for the next half hour with the top stories and pretty much as you guessed it were going to Start Talking about coronavirus latest on that the number of new covered 1000 cases around the world has passed 100000 now this last friday with several countries detecting the corona virus for the 1st time situation in russia as far as we know it at the moment here 13 cases have been recorded and medical services are on high alert people arriving now from the worst hit nations the new bit of news in have been instructed to self isolate for 2 weeks with fears of a pandemic growing shoppers worldwide to start to panic buy as they rush to stock up on those essential. Stripped bare is a straw is prepare for a Pandemic Take a look at this we went out to take a look for ourselves yesterday and there wasnt a toilet roll inside movies being its happening all over the country the great soil of paper pad it is in full cry shoppers swarming stores and clearing selves. As coronavirus called will want to start a newspaper left 8 of its pages and say yeah you got it suggesting its really does use them if push comes to shove as an alternative to toilet paper with more of the supermarket onslaught around the world beater all over. Its called comes to cough and in german literally translates as hamster buying but it doesnt mean that people here were leaning across the federal republic of being stocking up on adorable Furry Friends it means theyve been panicked by essentially in fear of the coronavirus empty shelves in supermarkets across berlin have become a common sight as people hoard fresh fruit and vege as well as perishable goods like past rice toilet paper Hygiene Products and other basics have been flying off shelves as people prepare for potential self isolation as the code 90 crisis spreads around the world while emergency testing tents of being set up at hospitals to identify those with the virus the German Government is being giving its assessments of the current situation. Pretty means you know chinas coronavirus outbreak has become a Global Pandemic is always a question of finding the right balance on the one hand between the restrictions necessary to contain the virus and on the other enabling every day life to continue whats clear is that we have not yet reached the peak of the outbreak its not just the muse systems that the virus is be attacking the economy is also taking a real pounding the German Airline left. Is canceled hundreds of flights with around 150 aircraft are grounded the German Economy one of the most robust in europe is facing the real possibility of sliding into recession we asked people here on the streets of pearlie whether they are afraid of the virus word of an issue and these are the supermarkets have been plundered and you take what you can kill in order to have something at home as a fat ass and i will wait for a bit its important not to be so hysterical. Fabric that is there greasy i mean once you have a small staggered home which would last for 14 days supply in some food and again food is all right but there are a familiar i think its massively exaggerated im not doing penny buying and in my usual Grocery Shopping it would be nice terry if others who did the same then you would not need to drive to multiple stores because you might be the mule and that there is an epidemic many people die every year and now we have this coronavirus theatre its absolutely sickening any silly which is being the hardest hit in europe all schools and universities have been closed for 2 weeks in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus panic buying is also being seen in the United Kingdom where theres also huge economic concerns over the impact in a nation with a poultry system of sick pay compared to other European Countries it could see some force to survive on just over 100 year old we the reality is we dont know what is going to happen next with this new virus the best advice we have is to avoid panicking practice good hand washing hygiene and avoid touching bases before all of us are see. Well as being c. Different countries affected different ways one of the worst affected its been scrambling to try to contain the virus same friday now would limit travel between cities as the number of cases surged to over 3500 at least 107. People have died there including advisors to the Supreme Leader and the foreign minister with the islamic republics Healthcare System buckling under the strain of the crisis the us president reached out a welcome hand maybe he thought but its not gone done too well into round he offered assistance but the iranian leadership werent too impressed if we can help the iranians with this problem we are certainly willing to do so we would love to be able to help them and all they have to do is ask we will have great professionals over there we have the best of the world if thats the truth the little east leave the medicine sanctions that is the purpose so we have done the iranian nation wrong and were poor joints no 1st step is to release banking transactions to purchase medicine or do we have the medicine to ship medicines and food. Well thats one of the key things humanitarian goods including medical supplies are officially exempt from the United States sanctions against iran but as we heard the other financial restrictions including those that target the countrys banks in meat around ability to import vital medication the sanctions have for instance led to shortages of drugs to treat cancer and epilepsy there are some in the u. S. Establishment whove been pushing really hard for even tougher measures on case in point is the Advocacy Group united against nuclear iran which is spearheaded by former u. S. Government officials including the touristy hawkish john bolton prior to the corona break it had been pressuring Big Pharmaceutical Companies indeed to stop trading with to run it soften since it said that the humanitarian needs of the iranian people must be met professor Mohammad Marandi from the university to round told us just how detrimental these existing sanctions are being the. Ns have been forcing Companies Across the world not to cooperate with iran its not just the Banking Sector the Banking Sector does not allow any medicine to be purchase through the network but not only are they blocking bad but theyre also imposing conditions on pharmaceutical companies that are so tough that in reality no one will work with iran so the americans through the sanctions have killed the iranians and right now they are impeding irans battle against the coronavirus who continue to follow the no this is not a story weve been following for last couple of days update on it Foreign Ministers now from across the e. U. Are thrown their full support behind greece on friday after meeting for a 2nd day to discuss the escalating refugee crisis at its border with turkey. The. Clashes have been continuing along that from 2 we can report under a heavy haze of tear gas with great police repairing masses of Asylum Seekers attempted to try to get into europe tens of thousands of refugees have been gathering along that border since turkey said last week it would no longer on or a 26 the migration deal breaking down the latest development shes been there reporting for all week charlotte who bensky again. Well e. U. Chiefs have said they wont be pressurised Foreign Ministers were meeting on friday to discuss the situation here on the border between greece and turkey amid fresh tensions as you can see some of the Army Vehicles leading the border area now and this is both sides have been accusing the other of using tear gas weve had images from the greek side that they say shows turkish c. S. Gas being deployed into no mans land and into their territory and what they described as being a series of coordinated attacks theyve also provided us with images which show c. S. Gas canisters that they say they were able to lay to retrieve which have markings on them now they have also been reports that the. Military and the police force are aiding the migrants to try and cross into greek territory in fact some are even accusing them of trying to jewel means using violence to demand access to not just greece but the e. U. But those are of course unconfirmed reports now the e. U. Foreign Affairs Minister has been defiant about the situation and has said that the borders will remain closed if you want to. Critical situation. People have to. If they dont have to tell the people. And people. Lead to these. When turkey has said it borders will remain open they have been open now for a round a week and we know that camps are forming on the other side on the turkish side as migrants come close to the border in the hope of getting into the e. U. Right now. Amid these skirmishes between the 2 sides we know that turkey is now reinforcing its Security Forces on the border. 40000. 00 special forces offices are being deployed to the merrick river on the border fully equipped to event people being pushed back now i just want to give you a sense of how many people have tried to get through temps or have been of people trying to get through in the last week were talking 203040000 attempts in the 12 hours between thursday evening and friday morning they were just under 3000 attempts actually down from the night before when there was some 7000 attempts for people to get through the border now turkey has said this is syrians who are waiting to try and cross into the e. U. 3 says thats not true in fact theyve given the statistics that show all of the around 250 people that have been arrested in the last week the majority were from afghanistan some 64 percent they said in regard to syrians been arrested it so far only 4 percent but the feeling here in greece is one of defiance we know that theyre also trying to extend the fence the physical fence between turkey and greece extending it from around 12 and a half kilometers up to 40 kilometers and in fact weve seen new barbed wire fencing passing us it stands defiant and has the e. U. To back it the message to migrants is you shall not pass. Ski. Casting yes on the greek Turkish Border we discussed the Current Border crisis with a political analyst. Told to the turkish ambassador to. The greek government theres no other option. Do. You have exams now we are for. My. Zone between greece and turkey. 500000 more personable people. Being applied i dont see what the government could do but reveal myself. During the previous refugee crisis. Or the system youre actually collapsed over this might be part of this were destroyed we have been taking care of the Asylum Seekers for the last 7 years and we expend more than 40000000000. Worrying about them is a concept which can be described as a daily ill assure you of peons should not have caused their ears to our warnings for the last 7 years because of them numerous times and were still telling them the solution is to bring democracy to syria the solution is that for the user to use to go to europe or for them to stay in and out fortunately the park there was ignoring us and now i think they are starting to take us years. To whistle blows a struck back at the well chemical weapons watchdog issuing responses to an earlier inquiry by the o. P. C. W. The organization previously said the paragon road if they publicly criticized its conclusions about an alleged chemical attack a duma syria 2 years ago they now want to scientific hearing over it and in a letter to the director general they cues the watchdog of ignoring their work. Inspect to be and i tried on many occasions to meet with you you may also know or perhaps not that these requests were all denied the reason given by a senior official was its my role to protect the director general you will never get to speak with him and if you try to go around me to get him there will be consequences letters to the director of the Global Chemical weapons watchdog courtesy of the gray zone project there the latest development in a ping Pong Exchange of correspondence between david and goliath whistleblowers and the o. P. C. W. Inspector in i have tried to resolve our concerns with you in private however this saga has unfortunately escalated to a point where we are now publicly portrayed as adversaries inspectors are now being smeared as the into this is of these values for nothing more than daring to speak out the smearing started back in february with a report in response to what the Organization Called a breach of confidentiality leaks that casts doubt on the o. P. C. W. s conclusions about duma they said the gas cylinders were likely place there rather than dropped from an aircraft and that one area was likely not even subjected to a chemical attack but the report barely even touched on any of that the authors were too busy trying to tear the whistleblowers inspectors a and b. To pieces inspectors a and b. Are not whistleblowers theyre individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence their behaviors even more egregious as they had manifestly incomplete information about the doom and vesta gave their conclusions were erroneous uninformed and rone erroneous uninformed that doesnt seem very becoming for 2 guys who are apparently the Inspection Team leaders why would a pair of the top Inspection Team leaders both with impeccable records both incidentally from the west and Group Background who have never set a foot wrong suddenly go rogue these old circumstances not ring some warning bells they sure are confident in their qualification. But it goes farther than that inspectors a and b. Categorically rejects one of the o. P. C. W. s biggest claims against them that they had pretty much nothing to do with the investigation and no access to Important Information when i joined the team shortly after the start of the deployments to do inspect a b. And i continued playing a central role in the overall investigation the final report didnt exactly benefit from the editorial turnaround information was slashed details removed and facts dont explain why its not like the inspectors didnt try to get answers to their questions before pressing the big red leak button something had gone wrong inside the open c. W. Sir and we wanted you to know its that simple they even think there might have been a bit of deception at play the investigation was conducted by a british investigator and a lawyer from the us. The activities of the Fact Finding Mission were managed by o. Chief of cabinet from france whose views are echoed in both the narratives does it not strike he was somewhat biased in the the 3 individuals represent the 3 defendants the 3 countries who were responsible for the missile strikes in response to the allegation of a chemical attack in duma and o. P. C. W a leak and some back and forth later there are still so many questions and few answers as to what really happened i dont quarter there we are still to see w. For its response to the claims in the meantime we also spoke to former f. B. I. Agent a whistleblower colin rowley who suspects a Smear Campaign of the o. P. C. W. The allegation and accusation that these 2 inspectors who were amongst the top experts they were the 1st hand investigators that actually examined the evidence the elevation that they went rogue makes no sense at all and again given that they were amongst the top professionals in it with the expertise in engineering and in chemical weapons these were the top people so it really is really defies believe ability that they would have gone rogue they ask their close to retire you know they have done many many years of faithful service to the o. P. C. W. They believe in the mission of truth in times of war truth becomes the 1st casualty and syria is no different at this point it would have to be one side is not telling the truth here and. The entity that change conclusions out of reports would be the suspected entity that is not telling the truth. Story from britain but where is it going to laid all stories come to the fore again britain says its going to deploy the navy to prevent a new Fishing Vessels now from entering its waters that goes from decades but that its become a king Sticking Point in the brics a trade talks about to start at length as hes really now of course. The town of poole on englands south coast is one of the u. K. s oldest fishing communities and the local economy relies heavily on the fisheries industry its a calm and a daily town but life could be about to be brutally disrupted if the political rhetoric is to be believed the u. K. s tory government to warn the e. U. That if their ships try to access british waters theyll deploy the royal navy to keep them out setting the stage for a confrontation on the high seas we have increased. Sufficiently the u. K. Is currently in a socalled transition period in the gauche a should have begun which will determine what kind of deal the u. K. Will leave with at the end of december this year but when it comes to fishing the 2 sides are still far apart in the months the u. K. Wants the e. U. To follow british law and for negotiations to take place annually similar to an agreement they have with norway the you however wants to have a Long Term Agreement with quotas on fishing missy uses the jefferson tree warned the e. U. Against trying to use fisheries as a negotiating chip while the french of hit back saying theyre more than ready to get nasty if the u. K. Isnt willing to play ball always plays with emotion was drama was passion was symbols and we know how to make it a very i think about both sides both sides very nice about them playing nasty could mean the french blockading channel ports and some british fisherman say that the french of provoking the u. K. Into taking harsh measures if elements decided to take that action. I think that it would just from apology meant that we need to. We need to manage ourselves and on fully prepared to things i dont think it would worry that the u. K. Fisherman until we should have our own waters back. In the past we have adam and if its belgium and everyone gets bigger quote than the english fisherman so to be done if the english freshman done an offense that wed be arrested on the other side of the channel the feeling of mistrust is neutral and the sense is that a confrontation is inevitable but. We havent really been informed we hope this case is looking up because if there were no negotiations it would mean no deal at the end of the year in this case would be excluded from british waters this would be a disaster for the fishermen of the horta france but also for french fishermen in general. About since youre so obviously it is a deal or no deal but i think that if you are going towards a no deal with the u. K. As ourselves the European Union not only france would lose a lot anyway it is not in our interests or u. K. Interests we must find an agreement with great britain. E. U. U. K. Negotiations only began formally this week but already the question of fisheries could derail talks and lead to tit for tat retaliations that harm both french and british fishing communities and damage relations between these longtime allies alley r. T. In called. The race for the person turns their lot of us election focus right now is on how the Democratic Party choice is pretty much down to white men in their seventys as we reported this week but a white congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is still in the race just she won 2 delegates in American Samoa and so makes it through to the next democratic debate but the party exactly want to shift the goalposts on what is colored by open explains. The Democratic Partys machine has been widely exposed for playing favorites when it comes to president ial candidates the latest example of this is the treatment of tulsa gabbert as a result of these super tuesday vote Tulsi Gabbert gained a delegate and was thus eligible to appear in the televised debate so the d. N. C. Then changed the rules we have 2 more debates of course the threshold will go up by the time we have the much debate almost 2000 delegates will be allocated the threshold will reflect where we are in the race as it always has the rules keep changing in order to make sure that tulsi is locked out her supporters poured out their rage on to twitter god forbid told c. Gets back on the debate writes translation to see finally hit the debate qualifications so weve got to do something about that despite the fact theres literally only 5 people left in the race. You must really not want to debate stage pathetic the bias against tulsa gabbert is rather extreme media reports pretend that she doesnt even exist they claim that Elizabeth Warren is somehow the only female candidate and you are going to Say Something about Elizabeth Warren is she going to benefit by being the only woman left now that amy clover sharers out Elizabeth Warren recently dropped out of the race so if the democrats want to keep with their message of inclusion they should have telsey gabbert on the stage but they seem to have a locked around just like theyve done in the past furthermore Tulsi Gabbert is currently suing Hillary Clinton for publicly smearing her as a russian asset now some people suspect that the bias against tulsa gabbert is rooted in the fact that back in 2016 she endorsed Bernie Sanders and did not line up behind Hillary Clinton furthermore its worth pointing out that shes been rather critical of the debate process and the lack of inclusion back in november tolson gabbert used her permitted debate appearance to go after d. N. C. Favorite candidate Camila Harris and her record as a criminal prosecutor the facts was damning and the Harris Campaign shut down shortly afterwards however it seems to be tulsas antiwar stance taken as she is a u. S. Service member that is the real on forgivable clincher she wants to and regime change wars and cut military spending congress and just passed a 738000000000. 00 war budget instead of providing for the health the safety the security of the well being of our people and our planet the Democratic Partys leadership seems to disagree with her they favor regime change operations and bloated military expenditures the Democratic Party favors continued military operations around the world done in the name of defending democracy and at home they dont mind arbitrarily changing the rules to make sure that democracy doesnt get in the way. This vitally important war agenda. R. T. New york. Without thought from the big apple check it out c dot com other social media is so much more including all the latest twists and says the coronavirus thing where thats going on but with more in 35 minutes time and next on our team to national i can tell you after the break stopped by people of his latest public gas cost or to talking all the latest topical stories if i can say it after this break enjoy. Join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics. Im showbusiness ill see you then. Why dont we go to war because we view with the key to Economic Growth as oil and energy we go to war is a Vice President cheney said for the oil thats why they invaded iraq for the oil thats why trump says the one thing we want to syria we really dont want to go to war with russia we want to just control the oil. And the gas lines and the pipelines through afghanistan so the military is really an extension of controlling a world of energy and oil. Is. 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Crosstalk in the war on bernie im joined by my guess ronny a colleague in beirut she is a producer and host in the now in new york we have lionel he is a legal and media analyst also in new york we have he is a contributing editor at black agenda report and coauthor of american exceptionalism and american innocence a peoples history of fake news from the revolutionary war to the war on terror right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated lets go to beirut 1st rania i feel like after super tuesday looking at the Corporate Media that you know the whole lot of gaslighting going on its already a foregone conclusion bernies out here