Welcome and even here in moscow you with r. T. International news just in an elderly man who was believed to be leading the call to prayer at a mosque in Central London has been stabbed in the neck witness reports claim the man was stabbed multiple times however police say his condition is not life threatening the suspect was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder the motive of the attack is not clear i will keep you updated of any developments. Now syria militants backed by Turkish Forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the war torn is province but russian airstrikes have helped to repel them with more on that were joined by donna in the studio could even tea or just run through then exactly what happened and how serious the situation is on the ground well i have to say its a very serious escalation when it comes to this province and the situation in syria in general basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the Syrian Forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that Northeastern Province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes of the by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that the troops the syrian troops on the ground could not withstand it on their own so the ask the Russian Air Force to help out so it did but again that offensive that terrorist offensive was supported by turkish artillery so moscow had to intervene and reach out directly to ankara and ask them to stop the support. To prevent militants from moving deeper into syria into su 24 aircraft of the Russian Air Force at the request of the syrian command have carried out air strikes against the dancing armed groups this allowed the syrian troops to successful the ripple all attacks. Well 2 Turkish Ministry of defense has confirmed that 2 of its soldiers have been killed as a result of the airstrikes and 5 more wounded now it is not clear yet who fired those deadly rounds or what war the those Russian Air Force or the Syrian Air Force but still the situation is very very explosive given that now 3 independent 3 sovereign states have been engaged in a skirmish effectively in a deadly skirmish and one of those states being a nato ally as well its been a rapid escalation hasnt it just over the last day or so how did it reach this point well essentially turkey has been very vocal about the situation in. The turkish president earlier one has been telling syrians to get out of to move out of that province behind the troops line that had been preagreed back. Hes been the one who has been giving deadlines to the syrian army by the end of february then we never going on their demand and saying that theres no deadline they should move immediately or the attack or the turkish attack would be imminent. The operation is imminent in particular we will not leave it to the regime which is not yet understood our countrys determination on this issue and those who are encouraging it refuted to making it live a safe place for both turkey and the people of the region at all costs. Well it seems the push has come to shove now in the syrian province and interestingly turkey has been encouraged from abroad it has been encouraged by its main nato ally the United States theyve been sort of cheering ankara and saying that they are all along standing by their nato ally also literally hours before the advance whether or not it is a coincidence we dont know but an official nato twitter account and International Twitter account posted a video in turkish and it was like a its like a promo promo video saying that we are nato and thats in turkish language now russia has been all along saying that this recent escalation in the globe that turkey has failed to deliver on its promise ankara being. One of the guarantors of the Peace Process province process excuse me in lib has been tasked with delivering a clear distinction between radical hardline jihadists and those groups who are ready to engage in dialogue and sit behind a table and talk to the Syrian Government and russia has been saying that ankara has failed to deliver on this key promise and key task so well certainly have a look whether this this mess in todays mess and will see all sides back at the negotiating table ok all right thanks hugo that was r. T. Hugo should an affair with the late. The suspect accuser who killed 9 people in the west of germany were said to have then a phobic motives either the victims of turkish nationals chancellor merkel condemned the attack branding it far right and racist. Its too early to give a conclusive assessment everything is being done to find out what was behind this murder but a lot already suggests far right of the attacker he apparently acted out of hatred towards people of different descent religion appearance racism is a poison hatred is a poison and this cloisonne exists in our society and has led to many crimes. Well at a press briefing from the interior minister of the state of pizza but we found out more information relating to what went on on wednesday evening through to thursday morning thats left 11 people dead including the main suspect in the shootings on wednesday evening 9 people were killed after 2 separate incidents at different she should bars in the city of her now a man then believed to be the gunman was found dead at his home on thursday morning alongside the body of what is understood to be his 72 year old mother the attorney general has confirmed that an investigation into potential links to right wing terrorism is underway this is after a 24 page manifesto from the man understood to be the gunman was found in this document he expresses a hatred of foreigners and nonwhites and calls for the extermination of certain north african middle eastern and Central Asian countries those that have read through it it has been leaked and seen by some media organizations have described it as confused and riddled with racist tropes that also broaches far right ideology like janet x. In this document now there was also a video published by the man believed to be the main suspect in this shooting just a few days ago in that video there was no links that he was intending to carry out this attack it appears to have been directed towards u. S. Citizen. That is conducted in english in that video he makes a number of wild conspiracy theorist claims and says that theres a conspiracy for modern day slavery in secret operations by the United States government well the s. C. And State Government themselves have cancelled their parliamentary sessions for thursday as well as other state legislatures around germany angler merkel the federal chancellor is also counseled her meetings that she focuses on these tragic events of unfolded in her now what we understand though is that the police are investigating a xenophobia motive behind the killings and investigating links to far right. Just mention its a poison to see people as enemies to see yourself as a superior to make strangers out of fellow citizens it is a poison thats increasingly penetrate in our society and it can eventually lead to this crimes. The federal Justice Minister has said that no stone will be left on turned in a thoughtful and thorough investigation carried out to find out what the motivation was for this terrible attack on wednesday evening said left 9 people dead 2 she should bars in the city of. Peace while reporting now in the wake of the shooting the chairwoman of the ruling party was quick to bash rivals from the alternative to Germany Party accusing them of having extremist tendencies. Immunity to ensure that if you look at their texts profile it seems like he had racist xenophobia as well as far right motives and this trentons mean my believe therefore the c. D. U. Should always be clear not only for the c. D. U. But for all parties in germany that they can be no corporation with a party which tolerates far right extremists and lets call a spade a spade not since in monitoring so we are resolved to have no cooperation with the f. D. A. In any shape or form its important to keep the spirals. Tentative for germany its more or less the parliamentary wing of a right Wing Movement and if not the right wing terrorists if they want or not they are the ones who give the key. To terrorists and every collaboration by other parties with the what. But give this party more credibility in the eyes of the followers so we have a level in the public debate that is more of a charmed rational political debate and when i hear yesterday night about that shooting i instinctively knew that our opponents would blame us for being responsible for it it is completely ridiculous and i can only ask everyone to read that money fester of this crazy terrorist and then compare it to what we are doing and then its all views that its nonsense but no one reads of money 1st 2. 00 and so our opponent think if they only repeat and repeat and repeat that we are somehow linked to that or that that this terrorist had links to us than enough people would believe in ok maybe that happens but its just fake news and of course we fight against fake news. When save time secretary unveiled a new points based visa system the move is intended to reduce the amount of cheap migrant labor flowing into the country. This is the 1st time in decades the government has been able to take control run its own immigration system after weve left the European Union and Free Movement and low skilled migration to our country which means that we will get migration numbers down and that essential to this policy of a points based system the new system requires immigrants to prove their knowledge of the english language as well as professional qualifications and skills an existing job offer meeting a minimum salary mark would also be required ph d. Qualified specialists would receive extra points making it easier for them to gain entry but the new rules would have proven quite a challenge for those whove already made a career in the care i dont know if id actually be in this country under these rules would you with your parents they wouldnt qualify it with this is a very different system to what is going on in the past and dont forget this is a point based system on the local market. Well not new cases have until now made up a system absorb stanchfield part of the countrys workforce with close to a 1000000 immigrants working in the low skill sector and 2018 liberal democrat politicians joined in friar believes it wont take long for the new system to review its forms. Really a very dangerous game with the home secretary is playing basically just to satisfy the promise is that the conservative party made joining the general election and to deliver briggs it was proposed many businesses have warned that its just a realistic to assume that you can change the nature of the workforce in the way that the home secretary and presumably the Prime Minister want this doesnt solve the problem which i think is going to arrive very soon which is this country needs a lot of people in whats hot for the moment lower paid jobs basically what this new policy is saying is that the sorts of work theyre doing often from not very high is not being valued maybe theyre not being valued as members of our society. Ok lets go back to our top story this hour because syria medicines backed by Turkish Forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the war torn italy province but russian airstrikes did help trip tell them lets get some reaction from our. Political commentators going to save me good evening what do you make of this situation do you think this is a precursor to this large scale military offensive that has threatened. I think possibly this might be the last straw that both the Syrian Arab Army with its leadership and the Russian Forces as well with its leadership would accept from the turkish side given that Syrian Arab Army posts were bombarded with artillery fire and the morning of today thursday february 28th think this would be the last straw given that found that the as you were 24 were used as a by the demand of the Syrian Government to bomb the turkish area the turkish. Area where the bombardment was coming from hence killing 2 turkish soldiers as per the turkish statesman to 2 hours ago so what is happening right now is truly very dangerous but at the same time do you politically speaking i think this is just the last straw to politics on the ground that can be played by the turkish side be so before eventually sitting on the table with an intermediary of the russian side with damascus and talking about how turkey will have to eventually leave the syrian land because its syrian land and its the Syrian Arab Army trying to clean this land from terrorism so what is turkey doing there anyway. I mean it feels that it has many concerns about the situation in italy particularly with the refugee crisis and all the refugees spilling over into to feels it has to take action i know you say that you feel people will sit around the negotiating table but is there also a danger that this could transform itself into a conflict thats much bigger than weve seen previously. Well i think that the view that we see with the refugees trying to flee and that puts a lot of questions on who the refugees are to begin with are they actually refugees or not because we did see about 3 months ago and also a flock of people to the gate between the Syrian Border and the Turkish Border where we saw a lot of militants trying to flee but now a lot of reports are saying that its actually families trying to flee but let us remind the audience that whats going on on the ground in soccer or in nato which is an area or a village in south east is not inhabited by residents its only or by civilians its military as own it is where the Syrian Arab Army is advancing to liberate the city of idlib and its where the militants are residing its practically the last frontline. That the militants can hold on to try and stop the Syrian Arab Army from advancing to the city now why would you say that or not you but why would anyone that would say that the Syrian Arab Army is advancing to places where civilians are we have seen the liberation of aleppo were no civilians were killed unless they were bombarded by terrorists we saw the liberation of homes where no civilians were killed we also saw the liberation of conscious one and live which was the major theater for the socalled Chemical Attacks charade that was happening and yet no civilians were killed there why should it be any different obviously there will be an influx of terrorists and militants who will try to evacuate the area because they know that they would have to deliver themselves and give themselves up to this year an arab army after the liberation of the maybe thats why theyre afraid and they were they want to flee to turkey but i dont think that would be the case now if turkey would stop aiding these terrorists and would definitely sit down with the russian side which is already sitting down with it and you go sharing a lot of issues especially in the northern part of syria why not start with an open up for new ties with damascus this is where i see its going to be honest ok mauer thanks for your thoughts this even that was a political commentator thank you. Series spreading in 3 ukrainian regions where protests have been held over the countrys National Spring brought back from the coronavirus epicenter the flight carrying 73 people evacuated from china eventually landed in the crimean city of harkov demonstrators have clashed with police in the time the passengers are meant to be quarantined. Oh yeah. Was no no no no no no no no no. Oh. God. God. God. So far ukraine has yet to see one case of the corona virus but many people clearly are quite scared of even taking that chance in the region of lavals groups of protesters worse were seen blocking the streets to a Major Hospital where the passengers were supposed to be quarantined after arriving in the country riot police were quickly sent to the scene they could be seen dragging people from the streets and even some of them were hospital workers themselves now for the past couple days other skirmishers between protesters and the police have become widespread across the country but the ukrainian authorities are saying are trying to reassure people that none of these passengers were affected or infected by the coronavirus about half of them were ukrainian or ukrainian and the rest come from a number of Different Countries but all of them have been screened twice before being allowed to board the plane now the governments been trying to find a quarantine area for a while now and amidst all the chaos of these new protests president selenski says that these reactions are not really something to be proud of these reactions to something that was supposed to be a gesture of goodwill to help people in need is a shame the not all of us can be proud of the humane reaction the efforts to show find ways to build close to those not to let ukrainians back to ukraine we want demonstrating the best of our character here especially given the majority of the passengers who are under 30 to most of us they are almost children now the passengers are bound for a Health Center in the Poltava Region of ukraine but with such a negative reaction to something intended to be a gesture of goodwill well have to see how similar attempts in the future to fight the coronavirus fair if there are any at all. 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