Professor following complaints from trans activists. Some members of a group called from this fight back and some friends activists had said that they would not appear at the conference if i was there so they asked me if i would like to disinvite myself and just. Very well welcome to you know watching r. T. International with me nicky aron our top story high stakes talks are well underway in moscow this thursday as the leaders of russia and turkey try to ease the violence in syrias war stricken province the 2 International Powers are backing opposing sides in the conflict which has brought them perilously close to a direct confrontation in recent weeks maria fanaa has the details. But a joke type of a gun is here in moscow kremlin meeting blood him or putting a while ago the turkish leader announced a special gathering on syria in istanbul between turkey and russia but also france and germany but one near putin convinced his turkish counterpart that they do not need mediators i had a rare access to the room where the 2 leaders shook their hands and i can tell you both putin i never got looked very focused and concentrated here their expectations of this meeting. We must talk through everything the entire situation that has unfolded to this day so that nothing like this ever happens again and so that this doesnt damage russian turkish relations which we all hold very dearly. I know that the whole world is watching this meeting i believe that todays decisions will alleviate the tensions in italy the relations between russia and turkey are at their highest our task today is to make them even better what is clear already it is not going to be an easy conversation journalists were not allowed to attend there is no press conference expected tensions in beer and thats because tensions maybe even higher on the ground. With russia and turkey blaming each other for its collation on what is the atmosphere in and around syria ahead of at argonne putins meeting here in moscow heres my report a new wave of refugees flood in towards europe nato losing his patients Turkey Russia relations plunging to new lows this is all fallout from the crisis serious last rebel held province dominated by terrorists is a province just the largest al qaeda safe haven since 911 tied directly to iman also hearing this is a huge problem private seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups all of them are nuisance menace in a threat to the civilians damascus with russias help is fighting them on the ground it says to protect civilians turkey one of data strongest arm is alongside militant groups is fighting the Syrian Military on the syrian territory also it claims to protect civilians. Separating hardcore terrorists for a moderate armed groups opposing assad was turkeys responsibility according to 2018 memorandum but it was never done the result of almost 18 months of this agreement was the displacement of all moderate opposition militants by terror groups. The Islamic Party of turkistan. I could recite dean officially recognized by the un as terrorists the fortified terrorist areas of the military turkish observation posts as per the agreement doesnt bother turkeys nato partners nope not at all we support techies efforts to reestablish the ceasefire agreed in 2080 and to protect those innocent civilians fleeing the regimes monstrous assault the Turkish Military and the Syrian Opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe tremendous a poor attack but thats still not enough for at argonne he wants more. Lives that you know what we did is we opened our borders because you promised as assistance but did nothing and we will not close these doors because the e. U. Must keep its word. If European Countries want to resolve the issue they must support turkeys efforts for political and humanitarian solutions in syria where the one strategy seems to be working europe is considering how best to undermine russias efforts in syria and this is the question now which also needs to be raised regarding syria where pretty much aware of what is doing and syria whats russia is doing is fighting extremists enable it it says but as the conflict rages at least there is still room for dialogue ahead of the need is amazing in moscow tempers boiled over in the Turkish Parliament on wednesday m. P. s and the ruling a cape a and the Main Opposition Party launched into a fear as fist fight of the unknown make a condemned the biggest critic as dishonorable and treacherous lets go live now to our guest peter forcefully you can basta to syria and bahrain welcome to the program and the forward i can we expect any progress today with these talks and what might be the outcome for italy or do you think. I think well be lucky if we get any decisive result today with beckett more time will be needed to come eventually with luck through some form of temporary agreements some temporary ceasefire with agreement on leaving the status quo and the fears aligned with battle as they are and wait and hope for a better day some weeks or months down the road to work for a Long Term Agreement but its important to bear in mind here that he is acting in complete contravention of International Law he has absolutely no right whatsoever on the International Law to have armed forces in syria under any pretext whatsoever and then in fact by sending thousands of turkish troops in syria. Bombing syrian targets bringing down theory and. Craft he is committing crimes of war crimes act of aggression. Unfortunately not one that implement International Law but we count on russia exercise some restraint and influence on the. But at the same to you they take a feeling into these talks that would be a panic even if excessive use intervention against assyria no and im sorry. The force is. At odds are. The moment the military situation. Very complex. He has shown a surprising ability to mount counter attacks against air attacks it was thought recently that russia and syria had complete domination of this guy but. On his own chief secret weapon and in the shape of. Drone capabilities and we have been able to improve what was a collapsing position just 10 days ago. But at the end of the day the took the turkish and pro. With the militias working with the ive lost a lot of ground in. The last 4 weeks and i would say go into the talks with the upper hand the problem is that may not realize that he has weaker hand and he may overplay that ham this is the risk and we will end up with deadlock as i say i would be agreeably surprised if agreement is reached here today. Your best leaders have explained why theyre operating in a flip it to defeat this escalation 11 or both have to compromise and how do you see things playing out. It appears that. God has tried to broaden the stakes by suggesting that hes willing to make concessions even if theyre provided he can grab another slice of Syrian Kurdish territory in the far north. The important mainly kurdish town of bani. But this is also being thrown into what was already a complicated mix. Russia. Has so far held its ground in the pending separate syrian sovereignty and refuted any idea or conceding provide any to go on but you can see some very hardy and complex bargaining is going to go on we havent mentioned the role of the iran. Which also was important both in the area and it appears that there may be a trilateral summit with irans. And russia a couple of weeks away or we may have to wait for that there where we see any significant progress because for for me you can pass the dutchie syria and bahrain thank you for your time. Today an affair is also tense at turkeys border with the e. U. Where an estimated 25000. 00 Asylum Seekers have gathered since friday attempting to cross into greece took a short barricade have claimed a man died on wednesday off the greek police opened fire on a group of migrants and on occasion athens tonight if reporting from the border has shown that to penske. In the dead of night theyve set up camp these migrants who say they are from syria have succeeded where so many havent theyve crossed the border from turkey into greece. Iran or holland but even the most basic of comforts can come at a cost on the 1. 00 hand lighting a fire means want for the children on the other it means being visible to the Security Forces and volunteers trying to protect greeces borders. Greece says it stopped thousands from entering into its borders within the last week of those who have made it through many have been arrested and they have been taken to detention facilities like this one here behind me that surround 10 miles from the frontier now you can see children playing clothes hung out to dry so despite the barbed wire and the high fences with security posts life goes on greece has Just Announced that it will create another center in this area to deal with any new cross from turkey the plan is to deport them as soon as possible and while e. U. Chiefs have come to greeces aid saying it is acting as europe shields others are more critical of the books position this is a moment to which people is questioning guy davidi existence and the role of the of the European Union not this is we dont have to feel to run after the storm much of the people we must help the people to understand how complex is the life oakum pixies that is the is the war there and and and showed the ability to have the Political Force to fix that and not calling these people and these disparate people. Because calling a greaser shield that means that these people are our weapon for the president and he says the buddha should be opened there is no. Act even in the in the policies of the European Union that allow the members to suspend the did the right. To request. You know contrary i know the disease a very difficult situation but democracy and the rule of law must apply more than ever in this kind of situation and my opinion that francesco. About dignity. The conditions on the border a lot dignified he said neither was the existence of many thousands of migrants who live on a day to day basis stuck in limbo in centers like weve seen hes calling on the e. U. Just sought out its issues and to find a solution to the crisis so that countries like greece no longer left shouldering the burden of migration charlotte you can ski. For luck you need the greek Turkish Border on thursday turkey said its sending 1000 special Police Officers to the border to prevent the greek side from driving back Asylum Seekers that are reported to be 25000 displaced people currently stranded there we spoke to some of them about the hazardous journey they were attempting to make. I came from of ghana stand i arrived at the border with groups but its closed and one cant grow the group Security Forces are dispersing migrants with tear gas. Im from iran and i want to go to europe as you know the Economic Situation in our country is very bad we tried to cross the border but Security Forces detained us took all our belongings and beaners. We left afghanistan and came to work in turkey we left everything behind when we had to queue is opening its border but as it turns out the border is closed no one is helping us out of. Free speech advocates in the u. K. Have condemned thursday a decision today platform and Oxford University professor who was scheduled to speak at a womens spectacle feminist historian selena told told us that came after all the lies as were put under pressure by trans activists. Some members of a group called feminists fight back and some trans activists had said that they would not appear at the conference if i was there so they asked me if i would like to disinvite myself and just not come and i said no im not willing to do that partly because i was there in a professional capacity as a professor oxford my faculty had given the conference a great deal of support and they just myself and the head of the history faculty to speak there so i said no and i said please let me know as soon as possible what you intend to do about this and would you like my advice and support on how to deal with these police and they declined that and rang me back at 6 pm and said weve got a compromised you can come but youre not allowed to speak youre not allowed to say anything for lina tards ties to the feminist organization womans place here k after all to be one of the reasons for the complaint against her the group was formed in 2017 to fight for womens rights but has been accused of transphobia for opposing the gender recognition act which allows people to change their legal gender free speech advocates have rallied behind told though this decision is a clear breach of the exit to college code of practice and freedom of speech universities are required by law to uphold freedom of speech allowing academics students and visiting speakers to challenge ideas and discuss controversial subjects we have made clear that if universities do not uphold free speech the government will. Do universities acts as a call a chance that it was not responsible for the decision of the event organizers he says its investigating what happened celina todd has also been at pains to defend herself against allegations of transphobia. Some trans activists who call me transfer you beg that is completely unfounded i am connected to an organization which advocates for womens rights and in my professional capacity as a historian i research womens history and the evidence that i have found leads me to agree with the law as it stands that women have a sax and should have access to single sex faces like refuge it is the single sex court i certainly believe that transgender people should be allowed to state their identity and should be treated with respect and im very delighted to work in an institution that respects the rights of transgender staff and transgender students about with more news after this very short break stay with us. 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 Health Officials in the usa the outbreak of covert 19 has now killed 11 people in the country a cruise ship has been quarantined off the coast of california with authorities suspecting some passengers may be infected with a number of cases of Community Transmission growing panic is setting in across the country. A pandemic. Incompetence killed the truth is we have no real idea how Many Americans are infected merging Infectious Disease that is now reached outbreak proportions and likely pandemic proportions we know that there are 88 cases in the United States there are going to be hundreds by little a week theres going to be thousands by next week u. S. Health officials are encouraging people to stay calm and issuing advice on how to minimize the risk of infection but its obvious caleb maupin explains Many Americans are finding it hard to follow some of those recommendations. The United States just like all other countries is calling on people to take precautions however for some that may not be an option this is what the center for Disease Control is saying if you yourself are infected stay out of work if you have a cough it could be an ammonia you should see a physician its going to beis what it comes at a hefty price that some americans cannot afford Many Americans are more afraid of paying up than getting sick one study shows that 40 percent of americans didnt get a medical test or treatment within a single year and that 44 percent didnt go to the docs when they were sick or injured the case of as mel martinez as coo is a testament to this he did the responsible thing after going to china he decided to go and get a test but with his limited insurance and ended up with a giant bill how can they expect normal citizens to contribute to eliminating the potential risk of person to person spread if hospice was a wasting to charges 3270. 00 for a simple blood test and a nasal swab well later his bill got reduced to roughly 1400. 00 but thats still a pretty sizable some if you dont have Insurance Plan on dishing out about 1200. 00 so we decided to ask people here whether they would be able to shell out during an epidemic but those who do not have Health Insurance it costs roughly 1300. 00 to be tested for the coronavirus how do you feel about that thats a big piece of change government should ship it its craziness i mean we have to change that it should be free especially in a time like this its obscene 1300. 00 this is just another indicator of how to control Health Care Costs why does it cost so much money i mean i dont know is it like it has a price set now this is a device that hopefully everyone can afford we always say it sounds simplistic but its true washing of hands the most important thing for a mask would be if someone is infected to prevent them from infecting others now thats also very good. Americans are taking it and at this point drug stores are limiting the amount of sanitizers and wipes individuals can buy now those who are stocking the virtual shelves at amazon walmart and ebay are testing to see how much the market will bear this is capitalisms classical function called supply and demand but theres outrage people feel like this is a greedy get out at a moment where were facing a very Serious Public Health crisis the governor of california has joined the outrage against amazon but even that Online Retail giant says its fighting agains