Who are all going through illegal lives. Hello theyre just gone 5 oclock here in moscow you without international our top story this hour World Oil Stocks are taking a major hit today following the failure of crude producing countries to agree production cuts as demand for oil fulsom it fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will now actually increase output in a dispute with russia so lets get the details on this one quarter joins us in the studio for more on just bring us up to speed then on the latest developments while indeed the markets in short are just going way down since mondays opening Global Markets have taken a huge plunge the price of oil has seen its biggest drop since the 1st gulf war in 1901 and wall street futures are really in freefall right now i me. They even had to be trading of them had to be closed early today this was the 1st time this has happened since 2016 so not a not at all good news at all down to this plummet in the price of oil this is basically the result of a sequence of events over the last couple of days just from 3 what happened thats true well it started last week when opec held a meeting with russia to discuss an agreement to lower the Global Oil Production by around 1500000 barrels a day now this was a midst of course like you said a big drop in demand linked to the coronavirus hysteria going all around the world now moscow rejected this deal it said that higher prices would give expensive american shale Oil Production an advantage in the International Markets and the western media has already jumped in to say that russias defense of its interests is the reason for this crisis that has ensued but just over the weekend riyadh did a 180 after that decision they said that they were going to lower it said it was going to lower its export prices to 6 to between 6. 00 and 8. 00 a barrel of oil in what has become really a price war between saudi arabia and russia its you know theres been a lot of speculation as to why its decided to do that why have decided to change its mind like that but most likely it has something to do with trying to bring russia to the negotiating table now not all countries are happy about this france is calling on saudi arabia to better coordinate with the world on fixing those oil prices and some experts have even called this policy by saudi arabia a scorched earth economic policy. We believe the opec and Russia Oil Price War on equivocally started this weekend when saudi arabia aggressively cut the relative price which is sells its crude by the most at least 20 years this is turned into a scorched earth approach by saudi arabia in particular to deal with the problem of chronic over production the saudis are the lowest cost producer by far so these developments have put an end to 3 long years of cooperation between opec in russia on supplying oil to the world and now we can forget of course that russia is the worlds 2nd largest producer of crude oil and its unfortunate that developes have developments have gone in this direction but moscow believes that by standing its ground it can better challenge the interests of us oil. For russias interests this deal is simply illogical we giving up our own markets remove cheap arab and russian oil to make way for expensive american shale and make it worthwhile for them. Now all this has actually also dealt a serious blow to the ruble which is gone down to its lowest value point since 2016 but russia says that it has enough reserves to wait it out wait the rest of this crisis to its conclusion we also heard from the opec general secretary whos whos been trying to calm people down after this economic crisis but well have to see what kind of game plan they have for the future because as time goes on the situation is only getting worse and worse could be a case of who. Dont quarter their thank you. But we also spoke to analysts come out once and he told us that riyadh in his opinion has made this error before. This agreement between the between or back and the increasing of production of the shelagh shale all all together was some miscalculation on this it would use part probably have been learned from the mistake they made way back. Maybe 56 years were all on increasing production that it harmed their Economy Today that probably theyre making the same mistake i think even the u. S. Will be harmed by the by this drop but in the end i think back to all probably really negotiate their position of the need to bring stability to the market. The turkish president is in brussels today in a bid to find a compromise to the unfolding migrant crisis at the greek Turkish Border the visit does come amid a deepening diplomatic standoff between ankara and athens that has left tens of thousands stranded the frontier peter oliver has more. Potentially combative meeting with the turkish president mr de wine later on monday. What were expecting to hear from the line after this meeting is pretty much what weve heard from her as she heads into it shes been saying that turkey must take back the refugees and migrants it told were able to cross its border and try and enter into the European Union and that there was a real need for action from ankara to deescalate the situation finding a solution to this situation should we cry or are we leaving the pressure that is put on the fortune and ensuring that the individual rights to ask for asylum is respected and it requires supporting both greece and turkey to deal with the pressure they are and well for his part president has sent a message to the greek government in which he said dont worry about these refugees and migrants heading to your borders open up your doors let them in because ultimately in the opinion of mr to one they dont want to stay in greece they want to move through greece into other e. U. Member states you ok agree these people will not come and strain your country they will cross it will go to another european country or you bothered us who told you look at these containers these 3 who will open these doors that you didnt believe now im telling you open your doors to get rid of these birds and well turkeys decision to tell migrants that they wouldnt try and stop them crossing into the e. U. Has resulted in some incredibly tense scenes at the border that at times have spilled over into violence. Well germany is the preferred destination for many of those trying to cross that border in the German Foreign minister heiko mass has criticized turkey for what he sees as an crew trying to use these refugees and migrants as political pawns europes message to turkey is clear we believe in a fierce sharing of the burden but we do not accept that people who find themselves in desperate situations should be misused as political pawns or the situation has led to demonstrations in europe both in favor of taking in more refugees and migrants and against doing just that the crisis in syria has led to an increasing violence in syria has led to an increase in the amount of people crossing the border from syria into turkey however the word from the greek authorities as to just who theyve arrested trying to make that crossing from turkey into greece is that the vast majority of those people are actually coming from afghanistan the country of course which has its own. Currently deteriorating in trouble situation on the ground there following the breakdown of a truce with the taliban. Schools a south African Women were sterilized in Public Hospitals with that their consent revelations have come to light in a new report but we spoke to one of the victims who found that her uterus had been removed only when she tried to get pregnant 11 years later. Burstall of the baby was too big and they had to perform am i c section and remember when i walk up i ask them why they have each by nature my family then they explain that they be was too big and then 26 to make good engaged after trying for about 4 to 5 months. But that me being able to conceive with any thought Richard Corsi a doctor i really just thought it was just my land and fertility issues doc told prescribe medication opera fine and when and course there thats really lend it and then have it all i dont think there was anything wrong with me i didnt have any complications before birth and i didnt have any complications after birth for some reason for im known reason they just decided to move my uterus im seeing it and nongreasy in because as im sitting at this moment i dont know why i was leading this to alive when i met with dr ed ridge who confirmed that he was there when the procedure happened he also could not give me the answer all you could say to me was that they did the operation to save my life i dont want to live my life from white or the commission for gender equality investigating complaints from 48 victims south africa source sterilization as a way to fight h. I. B. And hospital staff for some of the women to sign consent forms according to the World Health Organization the country does suffer from the Worlds Largest hiv epidemic in fact more than 4000000 women are h. I. V. Positive according to the report 2 illegal sterilization was carried out in 15 Public Hospitals between 20022005 the study there was complicated by the fact that hospitals staff did try to hide documents however the victim we spoke to says shes not even a child positive. Im not any children. That our high. Offices they are quite aware of this and ill say this in camera they are quite aware of the practice and they know doing anything know i mean is being held accountable it seems like our doctors of the law i didnt the same in the paper and i couldnt have signed it because at that time i was a minor and my mom who was there with me all the time also didnt same any consent form no woman deserves to go through what i am going through and why 2 are all going through literally blister lives i do not want my daughter to be singing the same song that im singing today because its time bearable with the pain that comes with this its a very its unbearable and most of all rights violated my rights as a human being were very late to my right as a woman and ted my reproduction right were taken away from me and no woman ever in south africa should go through what we are going through. What we have contacted south africas Health Authorities for comment on this story and well let you know when we get a response in the meantime the Health Minister though has said he wants an urgent investigation into the issue. The trial has got underway in the netherlands of 3 russians and ukrainians accused over the downing of flight m. H. 17 a Malaysian Airlines boeing was blown at the sky over Eastern Ukraine almost 6 years ago killing all 298 people on board the suspects are accused of transporting a Missile System from russia across the border into ukraine fired the fatal missile russia though rejects the accusations and claims the investigation is biased lets get more details from. The court for a shot at whats been said today so far. Well weve been getting lots of information about how the call to proceed not just over the next few weeks but over the next few months beyond this is all taking place at the court behind me which is the scriptural judicial complex in the shadow here of the airport where m. H. 17 made that final flight that fatal flight which ended in the deaths of 298 individuals what we know is that all 4 men the 3 you gosh inza were ukrainian have denied the charges against them those charges or been suspected of being involved in transporting a book a missile from russia into Eastern Ukraine 3 of the men will be tried in absentia they are not here the 4th man or leg. Is also not here but he has a defense team that he has appointed and he is denied outright all of the charges against him the names of the victims of the mh 17 crash all read out to the court this morning the judge the head judge describing the heavy. Silence in the court as people listened to those names he also talked about this being a court case that had already been played out in the media and he said it was something that had fired debates weve also heard from the opening remarks of the Prosecution Team who talked also about the family victims and their statements. Another relative explained in detail how the family responded how difficult it was she describes her sorrow like this everything feels i mean less i have no energy or still connection with lifes goodness while this criminal trial will come as a relief for some for others it will be a heavy burden to bear every time the inmate 17 investigation appears in the news one relative may feel home never has their wounds reopened or. While the head judge described what happened to m. H. 17 is being an atrocious disaster he also said that while the 4 men are suspected of being involved in transporting that book missile from russia to ukraine and the trials will be held simultaneously they cases that will not be joined weve been taking a look back at how this court case arrived. Its a trial its set to last more than a year 3 russians and the ukrainians are accused of helping to bring a book. From russia into Eastern Ukraine where it fired the fatal shot that brought down the boeing 777 some of those that we expect to be here are 13 secret witnesses whose identities are being protected and thats because dutch prosecutors say they face significant risks to their safety but even before the court has heard a single argument some treating the. While as a story that already has no stone left unturned russia is probably involved and if involved theyre probably going to cover it up 51 percent said russians and directly involved right now it looks like its russias far because. Its russias fault. Its clear some dont need to wait for any Court Verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention of going in the Media Campaign has taken an unprecedented scale it shows how russia and its citizens are presumed guilty that is an acceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory for the prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a Missile System was transported from russia into the Donetsk Region of ukraine in the days before it was fired now russia says thats not true its presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number can be traced all the way back to the 980 s. When it says it was transported to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and its there it stayed after the collapse of the u. S. S. R. But the joint Investigation Team into the mh 17 tragedy has russia says ignored what it believes is a crucial piece of the jigsaw russia was also refused full participation in the probe and as such says it will not recognize the verdict reached here by the Court Despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint Investigation Team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the Russian Federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to a dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these materials were ignored by the joint Investigation Team this includes a test by the book manufacturer. To try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. Russia claims that test shows the missile i likely came from an area controlled by Ukrainian Forces but the findings were texted by the j. I. T. With its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. We have established that the Russian Federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the countrys National Carrier but the authorities there were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the countrys now former Prime Minister has raised doubts from the very beginning. The idea was to find old. Seem to be. On russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial so this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already crane for not closing its skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones. R. T. Them. With this afternoon were going to take a quick break now and warn you some too. The world is driven by a dream shaped by the 3rd person or those with. The dares thinks. We dare to ask. Anyone else chose seemed wrong all right old quotes just dont hold. The old beliefs yet to shape our disdain to become educated and in gains from an equal betrayal all the once and many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground. Welcome back in with r. T. Now in an attempt to curb the spread of the corona virus the Italian Government has baths ways to the north of the country the drastic measures were taken as the death toll in the worlds 2nd worst hit country hit more than 360 however the restrictions have caused uprisings in italian jails prisons have been reportedly angered by new rules which have seen the suspension of family visits the most severe revolt was seen in the Northern City of medina which left 6 inmates dead in sicily the relatives of some detainees gathered near a jail concerned over a potential prisoner infection. So while this coronavirus has been raging for almost 3 months they spoke about everything except the prisoners this is unfair because in this building they dont even have that right now an ambulance has just gone in and we have no idea why one of the ministers to be prompted all this people have sentences of less than 5 years have to be treated as different measures at home. Ok lets get the thoughts now of power over phone he said political analyst and he joins us this afternoon hello just 1st lets start with those things weve seen outside prisons does that surprise you theres been this reaction because the measures that have been put in place many would argue are in the prisoners interests. Oh definitely they are in the prison those interests but of course the seas used to uprise within the prisons and try to get the permissions to return home at least temporarily but italys not iran so nice is quite disturbing event logs measures to be increased in the prisons which is of course the inmates are very close to each other the possibility oh. The balance means theyre. All the south rising is. Largely not just colleagues. Generally speaking to you had even the Italian Governments response to the corona Virus Outbreak in the country. The response as being the 1st in your a very sharp very effective problem is being easily in democracy it has tried to balance the consequences of these destructive measures who meet you cannot meet ones. Probably there is a need to increase the restricted measures to other parts of italy too because the buyer is trading slowly because the really well over the National Territory there is a need of. Consistent and responsible participation and observance by the citizens if this is not done these measures will be partly. I mean some might argue that they could be futile at the moment because as you mention the trying to balance this but economic interesting that allowing people to leave the northen regions of essay for example for essential business meetings or whatever i mean of that can only carry to spread of the virus that somebody is obviously a carrier. Definitely. This is a bit of far mismatch in the provisions that the doctor has but on the other hand as i said that means italy is a democratic country and there are a number of interests to be taken into account already the effects on the stock markets are very severe and therefore the government is trying to find a middle way between not the containment of the barriers and the Economic Needs but the 1st thing is the participation possible to disappear should not be done in cities and since this doesnt happen i mean there is no way to contain virus ok pal and i suppose you would have to leave it there that was part of a phony strategic and political. Thank you. Now the latest survey by the group the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america has revealed high levels of Suicidal Thoughts AmongService Members the study does show that almost half have considered taking their lives since joining the military in around 2 thirds know the veterans who have killed themselves this all comes as no surprise that iraq war veteran and antiwar activist Vincent Emanuel most of the veterans that i know i think have indeed had those thoughts and i think. Your mindset changes quite dramatically. Throughout your service said i think after being deployed and especially if you. Had seen or experienced combat and i think. After those deployments and deploy multiple occasions i think all of this plays a factor in whether or not. The turns are more prone. To commit suicide to become violent to become addicted to drugs or alcohol people come home and lives in relationships and families are put under incredible stress because people are coming home and after having experienced all of those horrific things often turn to very destructive behavior to cope with those things. Well most 40 percent of veterans also reported lack of Job Opportunities after they leave military Service Military veterans things say they face a loss of perth 1st they struggle with reintegration into the community and also normal social interaction Health Problems and getting treatment to. Incent emanuel again says that getting active globally would help. The u. S. Government unfortunately is not doing enough and the u. S. Government has done more over the years the Veterans Administration is in much better shape today than it was 15 years ago when i 1st started using it but thats not because the government took it upon themselves to do it its because thousands of veterans and family members of veterans stood up and fought for those things and of course the wars continue to go on and so we need to deescalate all of the current wars we need to withdraw from afghanistan completely we need to withdraw from iraq we need to withdrawal from syria we need to withdraw from libya we need to withdraw forces from somalia and all over africa. And that would be the best 1st step if we dont that the best thing you can do for veterans is to not create more veterans and that is news for the sad if you get there because the stories for you to at our website as always you can find that come. 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. A low in welcome to crosstalk are all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for. Siri also coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath the good i own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have a political analyst and editor and innocent