Youre watching R T International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow come to the program. We start with this from the latest escalation of confrontation between russian backed syrian and Turkish Forces in syria. Russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has spoken in support of the syrian armys right to respond to ceasefire violations and calls for cooperation between all sides within the agreed official framework. We reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the president s of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the zune to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling the requirements written in the un resolutions. The syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they werent even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the Syrian Army Fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the Russian Reconciliation Center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened its certainly strange they werent informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations what are their sort of reaction have we had from turkey well initially the turkish authorities said that less than a dozen troops had been killed in this air strike but that number soon jumped to 33 and our anchor also called for consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and theres even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey. As allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is thats just speculation but we also heard from the countrys minister of affairs and he said that syria will be held accountable for what happened to her he is determined to continue to it fulfills its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way now a lot of this chaos stems from disagreements over a ceasefire that came into effect earlier this year on the one hand turkey accuses syria of violating that ceasefire with this offensive against the militant stronghold an adlib and on the other hand syria and russia accuse turkey of not holding up its end of the bargain apparently ankara was supposed to remove terrorist groups from the region while negotiating with the more moderate groups but making a firm dividing line between the 2. Possibilities between groups there but the efforts that its made to that effect have been quite ineffective and more talks are scheduled in march actually between iran and turkey and russia on the issue so well have to see if that yields any results of that can solve the crisis currently going on in this syrian province we spoke to attorney and middle east asked expert about the significance of this latest escalation. A few weeks ago we have 6 to accuse army is there now we have around 43. 00 and turkish we thought it was there and started some bombing in a Northern Syria so it might get dangerous and turkey is trying to get to bring the nato countries to support them they want to action the article 5 of these nato. Agreement in order to for the nato countries to support them if there is any war against russia but i doubt theres going to be any doubt but for now the things are dangerous of course russias of going to say that they informed the turkey government in order to know where their troops are and now that there are some people dead the russians say that of course. They never did on the say yes they inform russian not to or bombard the not to attack this this part so we never know one side is going to say one thing the other side gonna see the other thing and they are going to stick to it and the we never going to get to get to the truth. Meanwhile against the background of the military action in ad lib refugees are moving towards the European Border these pictures obtained by our roughly video agency show people some carrying children reportedly making their way to greece turkish officials have threatened to open the borders if more turkish troops are killed in syria. And new refugees from turkey could potentially contribute to an already tense migrant situation in greece people on a number of countries islands are holding protests against their governments latest plans to create new refugee camps there on thursday the island of last post was paralyzed by a general strike people joined a march chanting slogans against the Current Situation existing camp on lesbos currently holds around 20000 migrants although it was only designed to hold 3000 earlier this week several rallies against the building of more migrant camps turned violent the government sent extra police there but the move only made islanders more angry. The fight continues nothing is struggling to prevent the construction of any close to open prison last night was a big win for the people of lesbos who repelled the landing of the governments repression forces on the island of lesbos to rise you know this one to work they said and tried to police to the press so strong go to continue one no close to open the hotspot to anywhere the government managed to unite all the people of blessedness against its always see which would great a large warehouse of refuge in migrant prison this is a demand that no new camp is constructed on the islands the immediate removal of the existing camps the closure of the morea camp received guarding the borders and the regulation of n. G. O. S our lives have been destroyed. On wednesday violence erupted as protesters rallied near a military camp on last us island tried to attack Police Officers with stones and flares and local media reports say on the same day iran 60 people were injured most the police the greek government says there is only one solution. And there is no alternative to the governments plans to build a closed structures to accommodate refugees and migrants. Former army peer notice marius thinks athens needs to redouble its efforts to deal with the migrant influx. The majority of the. Migrants in lesbos are not Asylum Seekers they are. Immigrants what we. Say is the government should save guard borders of the government has. To go or north with the examination of the asylum. And also the government has to start the issues. From the European Court of human rights says that that person. In the area of sigint then the government has the right to board. So i think the government has to be more active on the issue of the border patients. Us Democratic Party leaders are being urged to group around one candidate to prevent Bernie Sanders from getting the 2020 nomination Party Leaders seem unable to unite around a single figure just yet big donors know how to pull their strings as artists ask you tell reports they say money cant buy you friends or happiness but might be true but they could just buy you the white house and make a tone about it schwartz has been digging deep in his pockets to help the democrat course but its not entirely a no Strings Attached situation we should know who is the best person to be dull trump and with all due respect byrne a son theres cannot be trump so which horse is schwartz betting on well hes not fussy but either of his friends from the Billionaires Club will do who just like him arent shy on splashing the cash and since were already here together lets look at just how much cash king take joe by. Now hes discovered that he cant just rely on his instagram a bromance with obama to take him all the way so decided instead to drop a 6 figure sum on just one ad for good measure though he did keep in some of bollman the style. This is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in Public Service youve got to admire him though if i were trailing 12 percent behind the top counted and had my own backers jumping ship id be a bit tighter on the posturings by the way biden still pales in comparison to what his buddy bloomberg has spent so far its estimated the x. New york mayor has dropped a casual 400000000 on his campaign but hey its only no point 6 percent of his 64000000000. 00 fortune so no biggie also at least hes having some fun with it not even the aspiring u. S. President is above a cheeky trolling campaign and it seems to be paying off because hes risen from the very bottom of the polls to somewhere near the top of course lets not forget he is an old hand when it comes to knowing just what money can get you all of the new democrats that came in put nancy pelosi in charge and gave the congress the ability to control this president i got them hoops well lets look further afield now at some of the candidates like people to judge to his credit he sense that people might not be found of this whole exclusive club of the rich so decided to play the role of the average joe just the man on the street and the only candidate on those debates stages in this race the major candidates whos not a millionaire or a billionaire whats this a penniless candidate and big Money Politics well if you believe bunny not quite were going to contrast our views with mayo to judge for the billionaires who are contributing to his campaign the heads of the c. E. O. s of the large pharmaceutical industries the insurance companies. What well since bonnies made an apparent lets peek inside his coffin he might go about divvying up the cash once he gets his hands on those Government Funds but until then it seems hes more about treating himself hes dipped into hedge funds and brought out around 14000000. 00 for just a few t. V. Ads so it seems that no matter what side of the political spectrum youre on you know that to win in this game you need a lot of the green stuff to help you along the way but money is always a big part in american elections especially since 2010 with the u. S. Supreme court ruled in a case called Citizens United that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people thats what this Supreme Court decided thats a travesty and thats really undermined american democracy even more and made it more a money game then ever before thats a big problem in the u. S. Money yes and the role of money is growing even more but you know i dont think its a point where a Movement Like senders could still prevail. France has been enraged by comments made by the ambassador of its ally in mali the comments were critical of french antiterrorist squads in the west african country. Reports tensions have risen diplomatically between mali and france following those comments by the. France in which he criticized the actions of french soldiers on the ground in this country for elements there are not desirable some elements of the army because we see it all we see to use all over and we dont know what theyre doing on the streets of demarco at night and its not good for the image of france. Well those remarks have provoked anger here in frogs while an ambassador was hauled in front of the Foreign Affairs with history to explain those actions meanwhile the French Armed Forces with us to florence didnt notice that this big hole so also on except of all this was a statement from her ministry rather than channeling and spreading false accusations we expect the message of molly to devote all his energy to implementing the post summits and achieving success for everyone it comes just off the frogs held a big summit just a few weeks ago in the south of france to discuss the future over the sawhill region and operation volcano this is frances and Largest Overseas operation with all the 5000. 00 troops stationed across 5 countries in the sawhill region including mali now president merkel also said at that summit that french soldiers were paying for the conflict in blood and lets have a look at some of the recent attacks in the sawhill region. It comes amidst other tensions such as protests over the grand against french troops are being stationed to volley protesters saying they dont welcome that also you saying that false is still treating the country as if its a colonial entity and it comes of its the fact that the mali in present. And himself is it may change that his government has been told to to hold this in a way to find a solution to the conflict now we know that mali is sending its board of fez with this decade to paris to try and smooth things over but the reality is this latest diplomatic existence is going to raise more questions about why a french soldier is in the ground possibly offering up their lives to fight for a war that small there are. Still to come a hollywood directors lets flip Product Placement policy thereby possibly spoiling future. Details after the break. Most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand the News Business you just need the right questions and get the right answers. Question. In london Julian Assange standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher. Even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldnt know that stream media. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to us of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back hollywood movies might become more predictable for those with a keen eye after 9 is out director ron johnson revealed that apple has a very strict policy when it comes to showing their products on the silver screen. Goes into more detail in the latest episode of in case you missed it. Found guys in movies conn. 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Germanys top court has upheld a ban on judges and trainee lawyers wearing headscarves at work it ruled that the garment violated courtroom neutrality or to speed over house more. Germanys Constitutional Court has decided that when it comes to wearing islamic head scarfs court rooms are a special case a blanket ban on religious symbols similar to what they have in france isnt favored in germany but when it comes to wearing islamic headscarf in court thats a different matter the court has rejected the constitutional complete against the ban on wearing a headscarf for certain official activities all those obligation constitute an interference with the completeness freedom of belief and other fundamental rates this is justified the case was brought by a german moroccan legal trainee you argue that the state of paces rules that she couldnt wear red scarf while carrying out certain official duties was constitutional the ruling by the Constitutional Court has raised a few eyebrows on social media with people asking the question why a crucifix is allowed in a court room but a headscarf is not. On the one hand the state may prohibit women lawyers in training from wearing the headscarf in court in order to maintain ideological and really just neutrality on the other hand germany a courtroom must be relieved neutral hands the headscarf ban also germany. Headscarf ban because the court should be neutral at the same time crucifix on the wall because it is known not to be a religious symbol has scarf bans target the group that is most discriminated against in germany in making the ruling the Constitutional Court pointed out that headscarf can be worn in the cold building their only hit is when powering out certain public duties in the court itself i spoke to people on the streets of delhi and us that they made this decision ok. I think its absolutely not pride believe in a free country and everyone here has the right to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. Theres interest in this in our no no i think that its wrong because it concerns religion if a legion obliges him to her its then you have to do it no matter where you go thats why i dont think its right that its forbidden is it that. We are all people they have their own culture and we have our culture and those people have to adapt to where they are i have nothing against