People suffer in a deepening economic crisis and. Through the eyes of children a sneak peek or 2 critically acclaimed works at the Berlin Film Festival. The Syrian Government has launched a counter offensive to recapture the town of santa keep it lit province. It was taken by Turkish Backed rebels overnight to turkey soldiers were killed by airstrikes jurong but fight well heres what i said to keep is important its on the junction of the m 4 and m 5 highways whoever controls the highways gains considerable military and economic advantage in. 5 links aleppo with the capital damascus to the south the growing red areas are controlled by the government the shrinking green areas are rebel territory yellow in the north and the west is controlled by the kurds and get more now from hashem a whole bottle whos on the turkey syria border for us this hashem a fast moving situation whats the latest youre hearing what bit of the rebels are inside they have managed to further expand their presence in
Liberation as you just alluded came at the very high cost and i would argue that many people in iraq are still paying that cost with the main risks and insecurity is in the own life so are you saying that it was all worth it historically that it was the prize acceptable for iraq to pay to be free from tyranny. Well the thing is i dont think its a qantas fireable argument to say this is worth a dollar not worth it in terms of we we dont look at a bad way what is clearly sure is iraq was living under. Very tour and they looked at the dictator who who was holding to power at whatever cost and we have seen the cost of hundreds of thousands killed we called in to an aide to year bloody war that more than a 1000000 iraqis were killed in the war as well as 1000000 or plus iranians were killed on the did the rest of you see in the regions all to do with the regime. We have seen so its not a comparable situation room one for one but for iraqis they enjoy a lot more freedom than they ever have a
A long while to come to worlds apart 17 years ago de walt was convulsing with protest against the war in iraq one even sat a Guinness World record for the largest on to war rally ever but now theres 3000000 in drone nor the over 13000000 protesting across the globe could stall the Bush Administration from launching Operation Iraqi freedom which would lock up the country in fratricidal violence for years to calm whats really take for iraq to recover from at all to discuss that im now joined by a far higher. Chairman of the Iraq Advisory Council and a former political advisor to iraqi president s mr aldrin its so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me now next month as you just heard me mention will mark the 70th anniversary of the Bush Administrations decision to invade your country on false pretenses and while nobody these days there is to defend the rationale for that why i think there is still a discussion going on about whether the american in
A discussion going on about whether the american intelligence was so bad by accident or by design doesnt even matter as far as you are concerned are clearly of invasion of iraq and the liberation of what we call that of iraq has been a turning point in iraq as history. Also was a chance for iraqi liberation from tyranny. Or have been exposed to for a good 35 years or so that the iraqi people lived under persecution torture. And political persecution that they were subjected to a very bloody regime for years and years so we as iraqis most of us would see it as a liberation although it was termed later talking persian and led to a lot of unrest and conflict but in its core the tours are a cause for celebration for iraqis well its interesting you say that this liberation as you just alluded to came at the at a very high cost and i would argue that many people in iraq are still paying that cost of with the main risks and insecurities and our own lives so are you saying that it was all wort
U. S. And china which. More. Return for greater access to its markets but questions remain over whether the greater part of the tariffs imposed by washington will be lifted. International thomas glad to have you with us. There is to be a new Prime Minister and government in fact in russia in a day of major upheaval in the countrys political system the president nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of pm the head of the outgoing Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev announced his government had resigned and that itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to Parliament Earlier in my colleague discussed all of that with the notion of starting with more on the premier to be. Saying i mean he was born in 1900 to 6 here in moscow hes married have 3 sons and hes a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the Russian Federal tax service as you mentioned for ac