Youre watching our 2 international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. The u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. We are also in the process of bringing air Defense SystemsBallistic MissileDefense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation around remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the United States lets remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now its also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u. S. Military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u. S. Military personnel killed by i still sense trying to declare the group had been totally defeated the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory were doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says weve beaten them and weve beaten a badly the isis caliphate. Has been decimated in another short period of time like hours youll be hearing hours and days youll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated so despite the fact that 2 u. S. Marines were killed by the ice still terrorists the United States continues to take the position under the leadership of the Trump White House that your rob a country that has been key in the battle against isis is somehow the greatest source of terrorism in the region antiwar activists can stone things that the u. S. Military presence in the middle east only increases the chances for conflict. We have to keep in mind that this socalled defensive capacity in a few hours could be changed to an office of capacity and be used to target sites in iran the presence of the United States in iraq and syria is a provocation to all the people in the middle east who want to reassert their and National Sovereignty and territorial integrity and here comes the u. S. And and plunks itself down in the middle of the region and tries to wreak colonized countries such as syria iraq yemen all these things all the all that the us does is increase the tensions in the middle east it increases the likelihood of a wider regional war and even god forbid a world war. Now to syria where a fragile peace in the it live province is holding with russia and turkey discussing ways to strengthen it its been reported that turkey might even start withdrawing its heavy weaponry the cease fire was arranged last week by putin and everyone after an escalation in it live at the end of february at that time turkey started an offensive against the syrian army after the death of 33 of its soldiers in an air strike Turkish Military forces support militia groups and control some territory in Northern Syria our sister channel r. T. Arabic has been traveling with patrols along the border. Over. Now we fly over the us and i did one of the russian internet. Problems the oil reserves. Near the american soldiers position. But a mere putin hasnt ruled out staying in power if thats what the people want the suggestion was 1st made by an m. P. As the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution or the president said it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month and it would also have to be approved by the Constitutional Court my colleague and a farmer was given all the details by my gosh. So im reported that mr putin say exactly well his speech his address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit of the number of president ial terms anyone president can serve and here Vladimir Putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. It. Will be long and society should have guarantees that the regular change of power will be ensured we need to think about future generations should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution a restriction on the number of president ial terms look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected Something Better to come of it and every time what they got was the opposite of corruption mass deaths its been hectic not only putin says theres no more appetite for revolutions in russia but people want change and this is you know this is inside everyone of us we want you blood and he says the point of a limit to the number of times a person can serve is to make sure that theres new ideas new faces coming into the government all the time taking russia into a new level evolving helping keep up with the times but blood near putin was also asked of another potential constitutional amendment of the reset of his president ial limit so potentially allowing him to serve another 2 terms given how wide reaching these constitutional amendments are theyre changing almost every aspect. Of life for russians and heres what that were putin had to say on potentially that. The 2nd proposal means removing the restriction from any citizen and the incumbent president inclusively and allowing the future participation in the elections if citizens to support this amendment during the vote on april 22nd this option would only be possible under one condition if the Constitutional Court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the laws of the constitution worth mentioning is that Vladimir Putin didnt say whether he would run for another term if the Constitutional Court deemed these potential amendments regarding resetting his president ial terms as legitimate as legal you know thats still up in the air and how do you think the public would react to this then if they had the chance to vote on what people people are going to react differently i mean likely of putins support his support levels his poll numbers away up he still has majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th president ial term ease an old face and he said himself that you know new blood is needed new faces are needed in Government People people want new people want evolution. And here again people will be voting only on whether Vladimir Putin is allowed to run for another 2 terms this is a whole host of issues and the moments that people will be voting for a new livable minimum wage establishing marriage as Something Union between a man and a woman forbidding parliamentarians potential candidates with a jewel citizenship for running from running for high office so these are this is a huge array of changes that we put in here says that theyre absolutely necessary that was the gist of his speech to parliament because times are changing. These are troubled thoughts nevertheless that is his take on how things will turn out it is entirely another whether russians agree with him and the vote is next month in april and that is when people will decide ultimately whether the believe his words where they believe that these amendments will make for a better tomorrow. Italy has been dealing with its 1st full day on lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the corona virus a number of infections nationwide has now surpassed 10000 or the death toll has grown to more than 630. 00 the country is the 2nd worst affected after china. I am about to send a decree that we can sum up with the expression day of homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or a zone 2 on our peninsula there will be at least at least that it is a protected zone amid the tight new restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails in the country prisoners and bologna i have been writing since yesterday after they took over a jail and set it on fire and the long and mates were filmed on top of the roof and burning items and shouting freedom and sixtys died in clashes in the Northern City of identity on sicily relatives of prisoners gathered near a jail concerned that preserves could be infected by the covert 1000 virus prisoners are reportedly angered by new rules which have seen family visit suspended meanwhile citizens in the italian capital lined up in long queues at supermarkets on monday night after the countrys pm extended the lockdown measures to the entire country some italians were seen fleeing from the peak of the outbreak in the north to sicily and sell. Them since you dont know if you hire is a strong sense of responsibility especially. Because for example im coming from who can probably put myself in voluntary quarantine and i do not think it is a right time to exporting germs. In any case it is a question of respect for us and for others in particular because im 25 years old and her family members are. Literally with the situation with finding this place is getting complicated said the situation is already out of. School its clearly that everyone takes on their responsibilities and thats a proof proof precautions are taken but someone still struggles that. We discussed the infectious risk coming from cope with 19 with russian academic an obstetrician gynecologist mark curser he said despite not being at high risk everyone should stay on alert. Both the police who did the reports about the current developments were getting from our colleagues in china say that pregnant women do not belong to the risk group all information about the peculiarities and complications were getting so many from military sources i would like to highlight that theres not a single pregnant woman among the few coronavirus infected people in russia and not a single child as far as i know all the information were getting is from Foreign Literature im currently reading reports describing the 19 pregnant women infected by mild coronavirus or of them successfully gave birth and the crucial thing is that they did not transmit the corona virus to their children either by blood nor any other way if you do not belong to the risk group it does not mean that you do not pose a threat to those who surround you or the elder population to your parents you should not relax. After wall street suffered its 1st automatic halt in trading and more than 2 decades with stocks falling nearly 8 percent while markets seem to be slow it recovering so is the price of oil which also went into freefall on monday after a price war triggered by saudi arabia and in the u. S. The dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by Oil Price War that stunned markets around the world we had a huge market event yesterday as a lot of investors repriced that oil shock the crash restart markets another 2000 point swing on the dow the same for what happens today Business News now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 1009. 00 to 1. 00 well prices plunged 30 percent on whats been dubbed a black monday and the biggest single day fall from the 1st iraq war it was sparked by a spat between top crude suppliers riyadh and moscow who couldnt agree on a deal on production. Saudi arabia says its slashing oil prices to grab market share from russia falls russias refusal last week to back an opec plan to cut Oil Production and bolster its price moscow believe that would only benefit high cost producers in the u. S. Russias Energy Minister had this to say about the situation. Unfortunately our opec plus partners decided that their meeting to reduce Oil Production by the end of the year by 1500000. 00 barrels and they did not consider any other options of course this led to the fact that no consensus was reached on the extension of the agreement and starting from april the 1st all countries have the opportunity to independently determine their production policy yesterday saw a very strong decline in World Markets and accordingly well prices this was primarily caused by mean use that appeared on the weekend that saudi am co had offered its consumers an additional price reduction however today we can see that markets have partially recovered sharing about 7 percent growth well see how the situation develops but it seems to me that the panic that took hold yesterday has already partially subsided the market now more stable. Analysts told us that saudi arabia is playing a losing game. But he was an observer markets didnt see this coming you got the credit bubble blowing up again this is part 2 of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia has the best at that you know a lot of coal oil going you know russias cost of energy is about 7. 00 a barrel ok saudi arabia has close to 3. 00 a barrel but russia has got no debt and theyve been buying goal meanwhile in usa and america their cost is closer to 50. 00 and this will be the complete this arrangement of the american shale industry saudi arabia and america are in really that position that this International Oil kolker game and i think russias all the 3 aces the Current Situation clearly the saudis are to blame they have taken a move whose only benefit the only potential advantage in the general strategic mikey of alien terms is the surprise taddeo revia vastly increased production to create a huge price drop and with potential for further price drops were talking something some analysts fear the prices could go as low as 23. 00 a barrel which would be levels than the early ninetys and this move was solely precipitated by the saudi arabia simply because the russians did not go along with the previous proposal when in fact there was room for further negotiation what princella mind wants to achieve with this remains unclear because his Oil Production increase is also compromises the saudis states ability to fulfill its welfare function and therefore to keep domestic stability. U. K. Army veterans from the commonwealth and International Association of states formally part of the British Empire have criticised what they call the grave injustice that they could be deported m. P. s from the Ruling Conservative Party are now calling on the government to help former Service Members with the complex and costly procedures to stay in the country. Its hard to imagine people more entitle to live in our islands than those who have fought to defend them we need to look hard at these cases and ensure we support those who should have been able to stay all along. This dont seem wrong i hope the home office will rectify this quickly and save these former british soldiers from the trauma of Court Proceedings and for the delay in their home office rules commonwealth utterance who have served at least 4 years in the u. K. Armed forces can apply for indefinite leave to remain also known as settlement however many cannot afford the procedures which can cost thousands of pounds and those who dont apply could be forcibly written about and told us that their treatment by the government is appalling we should not be. Made an application to the many occasions when that. Used to mean refusing me or. The armed forces from the carrier i mean it refused me from working in. Which and right now i have. Only money. I mean thats room. For them and. I mean theres room. To do is. Remain as. The wife of a british soldier from south africa has started an online petition to make a life long stay in the u. K. Free for all commonwealth veterans she shared her thoughts with us on the story. They have so soured me in country they have for clinton country i mean my husband the lebanese hes done 2 tours hes. The streets of london after a terrorist attack they take taxis theyre not entitled to any benefits or anything like that why have we charges such a ridiculous amount of money for them to remain in the u. K. Pop to death done everything thats done we lived life to children and it was come to redundancies and i was a big dad so i said oh ok we need to start making sure we put money aside and just keep going up and up every year every day when they go up the risk of my husband and son but its a subclass occurred to me having to explain to my 2 Young Children if anything happened to him jennys army career i think that they need to reevaluate the costs. There have been significant irregularities in democratic primary voting and put in close or relocated polling stations and extremely long lines thats according to the league of united latin american citizens we got the views of independent news site the gray zone this is the organization of american states so take a look at the claims. The u. S. Must send an emergency Election Monitoring Team to the United States to ensure independent scrutiny of a president ial primary that has been marred by clear regularities and the systematic and high need to scream into obstruction of citizens right to vote in the United States what we actually have witnessed are major discrepancies between exit polling data in the democratic 2020 primary and the final computer count which is being conducted in a very opaque fashion weve seen in minority and poor communities people having to wait in line for 5 hours just to vote in the state of texas 750 polling places have been removed since 2012 that means there is one polling place for every 7700. 00 people and this is particularly an acute problem in latino and africanamerican areas why are there no election monitors in the us why does the oas only send election monitors to places like bolivia to falsely allege fraud and trigger military coups if texas or New Hampshire or South Carolina were socialist latin american countries the cia through the oas would have already installed a stick right wing government like that of janine on is today in bolivia and october of last year the oas accused bolivia socialist government of irregularities and vote counting which led to evo morales having to step down after being told to do so by his military however a new top level u. S. Study has found no evidence of Election Fraud and the former libyan leader who is now in political asylum in argentina says the oas stole the election. Last year we won in the 1st round no researchers and scientists are demonstrating that there was no fraud on october 20. 3 and lets not have any fear of dictatorship brothers and sisters we are going to defeat the dictatorship with democracy with the conscience of the bolivian people. The Un Human Rights Organization has expressed concern over the prosecution of dozens of people close to the former president bill libya is now headed by a right wing conservative government led by janine on yes who proclaimed herself interim president taylor picks up the story. But libya was promised peace what i got was beatings bullets and a whole lot of. Once boldly waving from the balcony of the president ial palace the self appointed interim president janine anya is now ha its from angry crowds who are chanting assassin killer traitor because the woman who promised peace. I assume the presidency was the middle of the fact in line with the constitution and pledged to take all measures necessary to bring peace to the country has waged war on john and as politicians i dont have very own people. I think. That the. Director of the state for Radio Station was tired to a tree and humiliated for hours. An incident that was reportedly documented by argentine journalists of the city on the morrow who was found unconscious in his home a day later interest to different parts of his body and who died 6 days later. Various Foreign Ministers described whole east containing their home addresses toll from Numbers Family addresses and other personal information are being circulated viral bot facebook and other social media. It has also been publicly reported that the large flares bodies of several people who were. Kielty in the midst of current disappearance allegedly have to remain collected by Law Enforcement officers and no further information has been provided on them imus says shes already cracking down on the violent supporters of the previous government but either way it seems its easier to make promises of peace when you havent had a taste of power yet and apparently bang is quite likes the taste because despite promising not to seek election may shes decided to throw her hat into the ring of to rule now washington must be pleased it was off to rule in its support of the democratic regime change in the latin American Country but it also considers itself the need of the free walled so surely such reports of brutality would deserve at least a slap on the wrist no. Silence or as good as silence to the killings to the beatings to the tear gas diluted lets all be well behaved and its not a one off pass while i was the indignation when hundreds of human rights activists leftwing Community Leaders were killed in colombia when there was peace killings in brasilia neighborhoods all when the president was allegedly linked to drug traffickers there wasnt any or it was half hearted our best and what do they all have in common all the countries are run by right wing governments who only have nice things to say about donald trump latin america has long been washingtons playground from panama to guatemala from venezuela to grenada washington has been keen to strong arm in sympathetic leaders and it seems that once that in human rights be damned. Staying in south america demonstration called by ben as well an Opposition Leader. Has ended with clashes between protesters and Police Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators marched through caracas on tuesday with tensions boiling over. Demonstrators were hoping to reach the National Assembly and renew a campaign to oust progovernment lawmakers before being blocked by a security barricade riot police then fired tear gas to try and disperse the crowds this is the 1st riot called by a white house since returning to venezuela from a high profile tour to drum up International Support in a bid to unseat president Nicolas Maduro the Opposition Leader declared himself interim president after launching a movement to oust madeira last year. Thats a news wrap up for now but ill be back at the top of the hour thanks for tuning in. As budget we talk about trouble hes got to demystify to so political space if you werent clear before like these folks are no better deny us so i can i you know you can reach out to friends say you know take responsibility maybe run for office at the end of the day you know i dont see how we need a lot of system where these people get away with you know misrepresenting as white as a step up and do it yourself. Was the times throughout that i mean you know now i know yeah i. Asked us to come join up how i now recall from time to time not how. I get to 6 you see a tough. Guy. Its. Not boarded the man you come from mr didnt do this to achieve us so when you come to this my things. Are not be ins are not. Operation thats destroying my son its destroying us. To some mountaintop removal mining. This is the time to do is find it was just last week. This is what theyre doing so hard to be. Significance here in this operation and theres some of. The smog of pollution this is one of those doing the water. Must go he says this is the water this is what its doing to the water that comes from his kitchen sink like fountains yes you have to question of a company that talks among themselves is becoming increasingly green while the rest of the world went to paris and