Moments we have to start beginning to trust what is coming. After a time and welcome to going underground amidst a Coronavirus Crisis and ahead of next weeks planned istanbul summit between e. U. Leaders as nato member Turkey Threatens the e. U. For alleged violations of International Refugee law coming up on the show as Boris Johnsons government declares support for thursdays u. S. Warplane attack on iraq killing Iraqi Soldiers Police and the civilians how is the Kurdish Community in iraq supported u. S. Policy ahead of mondays anniversary of the massacre weaponized by. And in the United States we speak to kurdish high representative to the u. K. Call one jamal to hear and what now for afghanistan of the trump begins repatriating battles and the result is the revolutionary association of the women of afghanistan tells of what was achieved in the longest war in u. S. History plus up to 10 years of austerity and one of the lowest numbers of ospital beds per capita in the western world has new come a tory johnson the. U. K. Budget promised enough to tackle coronavirus we asked former scotland secretary David Mendell all this and more going on in todays going on the ground but 1st im here of the contemporary gallery in mayfair in london with the high representatives of the United Kingdom of the kurdistan region of iraq cohen jamal to here thank you so much for inviting us into the gallery can i just ask you 1st tell me about the exhibition here in london and how it is inspired by the journeys of a community that is what up to 35000000 people in the world yes well thank you so much for having me today and thanks for coming to this art exhibit should this art exhibit is part of the concept of cultural diplomacy of could have some original government representation here in london we initiated this project for one to promote the kurdish culture in britain 2nd to create a platform for our artists included some region so they can. Get out from the local exhibit into International Exhibition because theyre from iraq and from syria and the whole different regions know this is particularly from current stump region of iraq so the artist came from can somebody general feel rock we have 5 artists who contributed to participated in this Art Exhibition and it is sad reflection of their yes of denial repression. One of the Kurdish People into some region under the hand of dictatorship saddam assam throughout his role in iraq and also reflected in the value of that we believe in could some region the value of peace the valis of course existence and the value of empowerment of women flaw you mention injustice there understand youre going to have a rally at the house of commons about the massacre the anniversary of which is on the 17th of march just to explain with an object a massacre was because obviously that was a time when the United States and britain supported Saddam Husseins yes well let me add to the arctic submission i was so pleased and delighted that this art exhibit and coincide with. Maltose events in march 1 of them that shoot just mentioned an uprising include some region the Kurdish People in. Some regions swift the regime the boss regime and the Iraqi Military and within the region territory we stood for freedom and democracy and the uprising itself and could some preachin was a response to the years of denial under oppression and dictatorship in iraq so my views mean really even realize that the british and the United States supported Saddam Hussein just tell me about the hollow dramatica just very briefly to remind our viewers what it was in 1988 sin gassed the city of 5000 civilian. People young people children were killed in an blink of folly and 10000 were injured. And affected by this poison gas and still. Thats caused a long tim illness for the people in a weapons sent by the americans were they sold to Saddam Hussein iraq is all history now of course but as regards justice presumably good review never seen justice with the people because of the. Aftermath of. The chemical hasnt been sent by any particular country saddam san and its regime had capability of producing Chemical Material in iraq and they had this chemical weapon in and in iraq who he has on you know your relations with the British Foreign office and i repeat that the goods. We surprise of the 1st big major foreign visit with only grab the foreign secretary was do turkey to shake hands with mr herder one well this International Relations i mean every country try to the maximum to maintain Good Relationships with International Community and. Its worth mention that in 1901. Britain at the time said john major and its government initiated the north fly zone included some region to protect the cooked from Saddam Hussein and its military to attend back at an attack because the people and at that time we started to establish a Democratic Institution we had the feste democratic election in 199092 when. We elected to parliament and then on government and incurred some breach and so since then. Couldnt stand become. A region of imagine democracy within this very. Surprised about the fact that you mention that given how for 1000000 children reputedly were killed by the sanctions by western governments on iraq during the drum major government. Youre saying the no fly zone which is obviously a precursor to the all out invasion of iraq looking back you see that as a good thing the reason im asking of course is in recent years the kurds and the Kurdish Community has aligned themselves very strongly with washington in syria well of course it was a very good thing because saddam pulled off a 1000000 children dying because of u. N. Sanctions supported there was a sanction on iraq as a whole and there was to sanction on kind of stamp region at the time one International Sanction and 2nd iraq sanction on could Somebody Just because couldnt somebody gin where not longer under the general direction or control of that dictatorship since 1900 want but there was also a program in oil for food oil for food so the International Community or the United Nations are you nervous and they are sure that about this that has shown hundreds of thousands of children died under this program the reason of the relevance today obviously is that the Kurdish Community have become deeply involved in the proxy war in syria britain of course bombed syria what side of the kurds on of the media historic mistake by aligning themselves with washington in syria given that president assad of syria now saying we wont even talk to the Kurdish Community in syria until they stop being the tool of outside proxies well so very complex situation in. In the area especially in syria the major powers conflict in that region made there this conflict problem the high representative in london and the kurds aligned themselves according to us and according to putin according to rouhani. You guys allied with the cia i know thats not true statement. Presenting couldnt some freedom of iraq not represented in there the kurds in syria or christian in turkey and in iran. We maintain a very Good Relationship with the United States of america and other countries as well they were there for us at the time of need United States helped could have some region throughout that. Conflict and. Without the support of International Community we wouldnt be able to model these victories and specially juden the isis war to you fine with the United States. Support for Kurdish Groups in Northern Syria and elsewhere and youre finally Donald Trumps announcement that obviously was rejoicing Financial Support for Kurdish Groups in Northern Syria we were disappointed by that decision to withdraw all of the sudden from syria and leave. The Kurdish Group what do you think president assad thinks of that result on fact they didnt leave they were still there and they still consider the Kurdish People in syria as their credible partner and the statement is always that they have accomplished jope to your position as representative here in london is that the United States as a rule to play in syria which of course is completely rejected by president assad in damascus the situation is really complex. United states is there. N. Syria some of the country are there. And some time colliding interest between the major powers made the situation if and worse and arguably has a lot of criticism of Kurdish Groups across the whole spectrum for their different positions what is your position for instance on the assassination by Donald Trumps forces of customs in a money the arabian general because as far as i understand it london has never condemned the assassination well we were really concerned about these situations because we want to maintain a Good Relationship with everyone. And we dont want iraq to become a battlefield for these major powers to settle their differences on iraqi soil so at the beginning when the incident happened we. We try to play a role in the escalating the situation and surprise and condemn these as nation london had their view on that incident and they made the statement on the incident and you should ask the government of britain about this question i represent the fact here thanks so much for having me and i dont know if i can shake hands because we have to prevent ourselves from this corner of our actually now you mention coronavirus what is the extent of coronavirus in the rug well this epidemic its affecting the entire world if we took. All measures to close down obo this with iran and the very beginning limiting their flight in and out. Into could the stagnant out of could at some breach and weve been educating the people or the population could some breach in to avoid themselves from gathering and this washing hand that everyone talking about it. We have 16 cases we have one dead who had a underlining condition swabian very become very. Unaffected we have a cut on teen. Places which we hold 2000 people at the moment 800 of them written to their families on home and i think weve been taken tough measures in kurdistan region to stop the spread of this virus across some breeds and corridors and thank you thank. And the exhibition here actually d. Contemporary gallery is on the much of the break what is the cost of the longest war in u. S. History afghanistan the revolutionary association of the women of afghanistan as leader was allegedly assassinated by one of the afghan peace talks negotiators sponsored by the us plus if the u. K. Budget arguably opens the floodgates for public money into private contractors what can coronavirus cash do for Healthcare Systems damaged by 10 years of austerity. David mundell only. Going to. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to the world of politics sport business im show business ill see you then. Special times require special reporting of course the report has been anticipating so much of whats going down around the world its not a big surprise for those of you whove been watching us for so many years. Welcome back british and american troops are preparing to return home after the longest war in u. S. History so after millions dead wounded or displaced what did they achieve the only 2 decades all members of one ngo called rawa the revolutionary says he ation of the women of afghanistan still believe their fight for womens rights makes them targets for assassination joining me now via skype from kabul is he a representative from rohan. Come was allegedly killed by u. S. Sponsored afghan peace talks negotiator the socalled warlord. What does. Say about afghanistan after the United States is longest war in its history the you cant even show your face in an interview like this and remind us who mena cash. Was who who died 33 years ago illegibly at the hands of google in that much of a one of the negotiate is at the current afghanistan peace talks sponsored by the United States me now was the. Founder and director of the equal kitchen of. Iraq and she was at that inquest. But i could be in. The heart of god intelligent. And. Now our have been. Continuing her struggle for the past 30 years and we have been finding her for her assassination the only thing that the real murderer. The being behind. Her murder and actually in our goal we didnt take that word not on the not prosecuted he was not punished and it just goes to show that the u. S. Has not and will continue to foster and stand fundamentalist crim that the kind of. The taliban are the brother of. God and then he backyards and the u. S. Is going to continue to create and nurture terrorist organizations obviously britain in the United States now denies its helping any terrorist they do acknowledge of they help those that were linked to those that planned 911. 00. For 20 years of by bombing your country they have actually been reading it of islam is why is it 2021000 years later. Or our representative doesnt feel safe showing your face from dropped 7423 bombs on your country just in 29000. The war in afghanistan. This war was never against terrorists it was against the terror the that are not and i repeat not on the payroll of the cia and the us the terrorist groups that. Activity there going against the u. S. And cia but other than that the u. S. Has never had a war with these terrorist groups because they create it and then. And the terrorist groups have really never had a war with the us i mean the taliban claim to be. To fighting the u. S. Forces all the time that and you can see the casualties i mean there are so many innocent civilians dying every day in afghanistan and they are not part of the. U. S. Military the only victims in this scenario are to people and especially the women of afghanistan. Of course we dont know the numbers of afghan women or men who have died or been displaced or wounded thousands of british soldiers have been. Killed or wounded in this conflict the Vice President of afghanistan the National Assembly if i was a coup feel welcome the International Criminal courts announcements they will the it will investigate u. K. U. S. War crimes in afghanistan do you think that the women of afghanistan will get some kind of just as if war crimes are investigated the i. C. C. War crimes defacto by u. K. And u. S. Soldiers the u. S. Has committed. That kind of that humanity and that it had been involved in killing it had. Abused and tortured people and ive done that and. I mean it any business just a fraction. Of that will that have been really needed that we could beat if you will i mean theres a cache of documents that distract the crime that you get which according to the that you know all that it dont work that what i say to get at the picture and the prank definitely need to be investigated and perpetrator and you need to be pretty cute it according to the un special rapporteur on torture we mention we keep leaks Julian Assange is currently being tortured according to the un in london at the moment i just want to quickly ask you that if britain and the United States hadnt started bombing your country in 2001 do you think things would have been better. I think if the u. S. And britain hadnt bombed the sun how did they do the dance and then going 20 years further from 2000 which is the 1980 s. If they hadnt created. The fundamentalist monsters which is the Northern Alliance john hartley which are in the government today which is the taliban government today and even recent creation which i think that were exported from from syria if they had not created these monsters then. Gefen if you have been better off without them and without their direct occupation certainly this is something we all believe that we believe the end. So i think any of it is a put down. Its a dependable song. And then. Theyre lucky some equally ages fundamentalists and the other. Part of the government today thank you well there was little talk of u. K. Spending on wars around the world at this weeks budget statement with fewer than 4 weeks in the job former Goldman Sachs banker in the u. K. Chancellor rhee she sort of can build plans on wednesday for a multibillion dollar government borrowing to fight couvade 19 but given 2 years of what the u. N. Has called cruel and inhuman u. K. Austerity can the money make any difference going on the ground social media producer fine im going to caught up with conservative m. P. And former scotland secretary David Mendell outside parliament to ask him about the budget i think so far the government has made a good job of dealing with this crisis a very very difficult situation very focused on following the medical advice and the chancellor has made very clear that he will make whatever resources are necessary available to the n. H. S. To allow them to deal with the coronavirus as it emerges in the u. K. But at the point where any chance resources are stretched rather than they are at this moment then Additional Resources will be available. Barbara songs on the government side of the and i just as part of the survey that was done on the n. H. S. Doctors over 99 percent said the line just wasnt prepared so as the all of the measures theyve been outlined on limited spending for the n. H. S. If its necessary to count the damage beyond done i think their excess is actually in pretty good shape obviously theres always more. That can be done theres always more resources that are sought but this government has demonstrated by over a period of conservative rule a commitment to funding the n. H. S. Beyond in fact any other Political Party here in the u. K. Had committed. 2 so i think that we have to just focus on the 2 elements of coronavirus at the moment which is one you know managing the outbreak here in the u. K. To ensuring that the n. H. S. Has the resources to deal with it and of course the chancellor also set out a very significant package of measures to help those people who wont be able to go to walk during the fall as a part of the outbreak and also to help businesses get through a very difficult time and money of. Such jobs resignation Dominic Cummings was hung jury the puppet master behind the new chancellor regime tonight has the have those allegations been disproven i think rashid i said his organ budget i think he demonstrated he was a hes a one man he had a number of innovative measures that hadnt been speculated on how i thought he delivered the budget in a very common assault effective way you know ive seen many budget say over the years and there was absolutely nothing to suggest that he wasnt up to the job of being the chancellor and was actually doing what he thought was best for this country and maybe want some may be on the right of the consult the policy might be saying is that because of the policies been dragged to the left by the labor policies today we saw massive skeins reinstalls spending pledges norrington National Debt so theres a consult of policy to consolidate its position after the election with especially with the support of the north as a consultant all moving from the left i think obviously a degree of of of space spending commitments are directly related to coronavirus and they are. Measures of the need to be taken to ensure that our economy can get through this difficult period but with Interest Rates as low as they are at the moment i think there is an argument to have loosened. The blowing constraints take forward some of these major Infrastructure Projects they wear out of the role things that were in our manifesto when we were elected in december and i think whats all the assistance the chancellor wants as he said to get so many of our election pledges done and now that all the coronavirus measures have been outlined by the chancellor such as the spending pledges eccentrics ultra. If the u. K. Has to impose the measures that say italy say china have imposed restrictions on travel is a 30000000000 pound Recovery Fund really an Office Similar package for the economy i think the chancellor is very clear that you know this is a fluid situation and the maybe other measures the required me you know this package might not a in itself be sufficient and he will keep that. Review i think it brings a great deal of saturday particularly for business because when people are self employed just how do the how the system is going to walk and i think that that is helpful in the short attempt but you know we dont want to get in a situation like italy its unlikely that the sort of measures that were taken in china would be able to fully take place here well have to deal with this situation in a way that suits our own country and. The way that the virus develops and that the chance i made very clear hes flexible on that but hes me you know hes put down his initial position and i think that will be very very helpful for those people you know who face korean sente at the moment and just finally of course so you want to propose a 14200000 people in poverty 4000000 children poverty is the chancellor of tax cut that he calls the. Hiking of the National Insurance threshold that saves the average the average walk a 104. 00 pounds with out on the town pounds a month is not really enough to solve. Of course. The very. Big. Increase in minimum. Wage i mean. Out of. Government. People. Taking as many people as we could. Making sure that the people. That are. Out of poverty creating. And having. Social media pretty. David mendell. Chemical weapons. It was a. Suicide attempt. To comply with. Allegedly being tortured in london today. And. Power of the federal government. Officially declaring a national emergency. Across. The same thing. From the. Medical imports from china which could cause prices in the u. S. In other news a base hosting u. S. And other Coalition Forces the baghdad struck for the 2nd time that week