Court repealed a 5 year old ban on assisted Suicide Services sparking fears of an exploitative trade and. This is the weekly here on R T International welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. First there are fears of a new migration crisis with almost 50000 people crossing into europe and one day as up to turkey opened its borders and gruff actively tore up an agreement with brussels under which it took charge of millions of Asylum Seekers in return for Financial Aid on the other side of the border greek police greeted the newcomers with tear gas. But it. Was. That all falls a flare up in tensions in syrias last remaining terrorist stronghold it looked province turkey threatened to launch a full scale military operation there after dozens of its troops were killed in a syrian airstrike that was targeting jihad is still these have all but ruined turkeys deescalation agreement with russia r. T. Is maria notion that takes up the story. Its maybe syrias last remaining terrorist stronghold but a blip seems to be killing the last remaining hope for peace or even a dialogue there. Turkey which once committed to working with of russia to clear terrorists from the area is making a u. Turn yesterday i asked what is your goal if you want to set up a base you can set up a base draw your troops back from where we are leave us face to face with the regime the comments came after 33 turkish soldiers were reportedly killed in a syrian airstrike on a live according to the Russian Military the troops died while operating alongside terrorists and turkey failed to inform us that they were there the syrian army has every right to due to regular violations of the cease fire from inside the eclipse zone to neutralize terrorists so we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the Un Resolution and a cry for help and car a cold and emergency meeting with nato but i mean speculation that alliance could be dragged into war nothing was offered more than words of support i dont think nato forces will enter syria in support of those whove gone the problem for turkey is the Nato Alliance principle is an attack on the lawn as an attack on all but the turks might be risking trying to save it in attack by one nato states brings in all the others to support it and i think theres a lot of reluctance to see new to come into a confrontation with russia so theres. A lot of powerful voices in nato who support the turks desire to see the syrian armys offensive stopped but im not sure they want to go beyond words and perhaps symbolic gestures so it seems. Have begun deployed another tactic trying to force europes hand. What we did is we opened up orders because you promised us assistance but you did nothing and we will not close those doors because the e. U. Must keep its word just hours later crowds of migraines rushed to the frontier buy food by bus by train even risking their lives at sea. And not all of them are from syria im from afghanistan we are going to greece for a better life the turkish government did right by opening the borders i have been in turkey since i was 3 im originally from afghanistan i want to go to greece because i want to move to europe Living Conditions are better there but there wasnt exactly the warmest of welcomes on all for on the other side of the border greece even used tear gas in a bid to make the new comers abandoned their dreams of a better life which most were strengthening forces on land of the sea Additional Police and army forces are being transferred the government is determined to do whatever is necessary to safeguard our borders. So a new wave of the refugee crisis in europe relations with russia again plunge into new lows nato losing his patients well maybe even more turbulence than ever before in just a matter of weeks have the guns managed to undo the progress of the last 2 years taken the world in a direction thats the exact opposite of the feasts the turkish president still promises to restore its a serious escalation from the. Turks who chose to intervene militarily directly because they were doing so by proxy by training organizing mean. Groups fighting. For political reasons because the russians and the syrians didnt want to leave the region. The presence. Of them it is not sanctioned by the Un Resolution and it was. The. Invasion or occupation but you. d did it during. The 1st phase of julian a songes u. S. Extradition case wrapped up this week the decision on whether the journalist will be handed over to the u. S. Or not will be reached in may when for the hearings are to be held the prosecution argued that knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published trove of classified u. S. Military files without redacting names or any other Sensitive Information washington claims that following those leaks in 2010 sources disappeared in afghanistan iraq and he ran that we can leaks founder is also accused of encouraging the whistleblower and Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to hack the pentagons Computer Network as on his defense team have sought however to counter those allegations by just saying their case with previously undisclosed information they claim the publisher actually warned then secretary of. State Hillary Clinton about the leaks so as to ensure the safety of the individuals whose names appeared in the document theyve also stressed that the activities are protected by the principles of press freedom and his lawyers have also strongly rejected the asportation that he encouraged manning to hack the pentagon furthermore they say extradition would undermine their Clients Health during the hearing us and was held in a glass cage he was also prevented from talking to his lawyers we heard from one of. The look on. A songe was in a grave condition before court but during the extradition proceedings had got even worse he was being held in a see through room without any access to his lawyers while he was being delivered to this room he was handcuffed 11 times he underwent a full body search twice and went through 5 different rooms before he finally entered the court moreover a songe couldnt take part in the Court Process he was deprived of any kind of interaction with his lawyers but he tried to reach out to be by passing a piece of paper through a gap in the glass box he was being held in and he was told off by the guard because of that i mean this is inconceivable how can a person be in Court Without being able to interact or communicate with his lawyers who are representing his interests. Throughout the week to in a songes supporters have been protesting outside the court in london claiming the case is a test of fundamental journalistic freedoms and calling on the u. S. And the u. K. Government not to shoot the messenger muscatel it looks now at how the wiki leaks founder has found himself closer than ever to extradition. Or enemy number one you decide either way today in the song has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild but not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death i dont want to do it illegally shoot the son of a it is not a crime its in the Public Interest this is what some say in america is not democracy is told so. Told will shout. Terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant was her 6 own was wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service you know you say what worries everybody here today theyre here because they dont believe thank you america the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a truth of classified u. S. Documents lang bad views of powell at the very highest levels with the u. S. Justice department hot on his heels and saw him sort of side him in londons Ecuadorian Embassy the 7 long years before suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Are. A stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal is bank account had just been credited with a 4200000000 dollar learn from the i. M. F. Where the u. S. Has huge sway so from the full rules of the embassy to the 4 walls of a jail cell as someone who was taken to Londons Belmarsh prison and handed an exceptional sentence in britain bio violations seldom lead to prison sentences theyre generally subject only to fines. By contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single Purpose Holding a son should be long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him betrayed by acquittal feeling let down by the legal system a saw and now claimed his fundamental human rights were under attack he was put in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day the un and Rights Groups were in disbelief and some feared for more than just. Freedom we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr assad could die in prison the medical situation is there or by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising theres suspicion swirling around the extradition trial especially given the u. S. U. K. Treaty clearly states no 6 that can be extradited the political purposes which many claim at the says and while washington says this case is strictly about National Security it seems Queen Elizabeth the 2nd didnt get the memo i must tell you however that is a constitutional sovereign her majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a message in which the queen would intervene if the u. K. Kowtows to its allies request a sound might be dealt not just a life sentence without parole but even the Death Penalty if washington to side step out on thought the charges in the future that if it finds a willing jury which apparently wont be a problem a songe will receive a trial by jury in alexandria virginia the notorious Espionage Court where the u. S. Tries all National Security cases the choice of location is not by coincidence the cases are always try to do in front of the same judge behind closed doors and on the strength of classified evidence nobody has ever been acquitted then a case like that that is a prearranged affair a show trial is to be used to make an example of june in a songe the point is to intimidate of the journalists global outcry human rights law the right to a fat trial turns out there all week adversaries in the face of a government who will fight tooth and nail to keep a lid on its secrets. Julian assange is a friend of mine and thats not the Julian Assange sees sitting in the courtroom this man is mentally and physically shrunken and how could it be otherwise after a whole decade of this cruel and unusual punishment who will volunteer to be the next julian a son who will receive evidence which checks out as being true of high crimes and misdemeanors by the Us Government or any government for that matter including our own and then report it to the public the world that there would have to be either foolhardy or extremely brave because if they did so theyre on a very high risk of ending up in a bullet proof box in woolwich ground for facing extradition and the rest of your life in prison in the United States trust me that wont have a Chilling Effect on free journalism in the world it will have a killing effect. Still to come in the weekly towns in northern eastern france accuse the belgian neighbors of illegally dumping trash across the border he tells on that story and more after the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing Dramatic Development that only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back germany has lifted a ban on the commercial sale of euthanasia but critics warn that the right to die will now be exploited for profit are to spread all over takes a closer look. Almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the Constitutional Court in culture is said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the Constitutional Court means is that thats being overturned and not only could Companies Offer euthanasia but that advertising that they could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesdays court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme pain and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within Palliative Care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification d of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal Service Anyone who allows you to nature will sooner or later make it compulsory to die especially in this society is economize designers knowledge of experience across all other countries shows that supply creates demand immediately following the ruling politicians are asking what situations this will be allowed in also what the commercial implications will be for companies wanting to get involved in the euthanasia business i want clear rules about when medical assistance in particular is allowed and when commercial offerings are excluded it is perfectly normal for people who have a terminal diagnosis to feel suicide in fact some of the studies show that i have 80 percent go through a period of depression with some sort of sidle thoughts and so what we should be doing is trying to find ways to assist those people in getting through that period and actually. Living their lives rather than promoting assisted suicide nouther nicias services so we would be extremely worried about any commercialization all round of the process or indeed promotion that would lead to many fine ripple for people feeling that their lives were not worth living and actually ending them prematurely highest people here in berlin what their thoughts are on the ruling of whether this is right for germany its not a commercial thing dying it its something that needs care security it needs. Yes professionalism i think there are certain things that you cannot put to sales to people like its not a business you pay for yes i know want to commit suicide but im suffering i want to end my life you cannot do that to pay for it seems to me there was very bad incentives there if for example that advertising was actually targets people who were already having a hard time it could lead to people considering suicide more strongly i dont disagree with their physician assisted suicide just because like there are certain aspects that are beneficial for it but in terms of the advertising i could go either way like a really it depends on who is in control of that promoting this kind of finger for me is that a progress currently within a year of belgium the netherlands looks a book and switzerland all allow assisted dying but with germany said to joy in the concerns are about that what is one of the most sensitive of subjects could be said to become a Business Opportunity peace for all of the. Residents in northeastern france are crying foul over fly tipping they can use their neighbors in belgium illegally dumping trash across the border are to charlatans keep picks up the story. This may look like part of a landfill site but its not all of this waste has been. Illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium in luxor. And the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with the war you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. Theyre throwing everything away. Yes but here we see its far more serious we estimate around 200 tons of waste its enormous as far as the pollution we dont know whats inside it could be tons of who knows what type of products chemicals. We dont know we see cleaning products plastics but more could be hidden it didnt take long before calls track down where the waste was coming from what if we did i was looking through the trash piles and piles of it it all had signs of being from the same place we searched and found out it was from on turnip. And that if heres an invoice is it and. Im very clear it says. So there. When the company was contacted it didnt need any knowledge of illegal waste dumping but the local resident jessica told me that since that statement the fly tipping has continued its been described as a dumping on an industrial scale and you can see why back in the local Fishermans Association is also concerned. On the water source or close to this pollution so there could be a problem because it could affect our pond this. 21st century there are designated places to put like this its an acceptable people are doing this and regulate the Mayors Office says the cost of cleaning this up is beyond its means new