Spying including on e. U. Leaders we have people in new york and london where the china will be us the biggest surveillance threat. Probably to us probably us anybody having. Access to a. Good afternoon and welcome this is our international. From the start this hour with breaking news the turkish president has announced that the start of a military operation in the syrian province of idlib is quote a matter of time. One added hes been dissatisfied by talks with russia on the situation in the area. And thats all my do with your problem turkey has made all kinds of preparations to implement its operational demands and as in every operational you see we can come suddenly one way to put it more clearly islam is now a matter of time. We will not leave. Iraq that still does not understand our countrys determination in this matter and to those who encourage it we never intend to shoulder the burden that the developments of this region roofless on our country. Clashes between the Syrian Govern
Theyre going to have you with us this is r. T. Internet. Today marks 75 years since the liberation of warsaw for nazi germany by soviet and polish forces the capitals occupied for years thousands were deported from the warsaw ghetto to death camps 200000 soviet soldiers gave their lives to stop the brutal regime in the city and its surroundings. The cities today empty in deserted the bodies of poles tortured and executed could often be seen in ditches and sewer pipes there is not a single undamaged building remaining in warsaw objects of historical and Cultural Heritage been plundered and demolished. I. I i. I am. I. Feel. It is with great joy as im reporting to you that today on january the 7945 joint forces of the soviet armys 1st belarusian front and the polish 1st army have successfully completed an offensive operation wolf a turning movement and have liberated the city of warsaw from that syrian vaders once and for all. Our troops are greeted by local police to proceed to the stre
Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest loop of a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. Donald trump will start some kind of Dumpster Fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the Nato Alliance stand right now because you have Jeremy Corbyn and going into election mode doubting the only alliances necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. Well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr my core which is
To take you through all the latest news from around the world and stay with us for cross talk next here on our international. Follow in welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the nato military alliance was a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest luke prevail in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris with. We have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris emmanuelle you have president mccr
Come back in the 2nd part on what is the real combat today its not communism anymore well know what the civilization issue is and obviously nato is not the one up for it so thats my point of view on that ok i would say with a lot of market in oxford but i would make the argument that all 27 from the United States being the 28 member of nato their sovereignty is compromised as well and if you look at Public Opinion polls its been pretty. Trending is there do you know more and more people in western europe in the United States have doubts about you know having a collective Security Treaty Organization for a countries that are so far away and what france and the u. K. In the United States want to get into a military conflict over you know a country like. Stonier i mean is that something people are interested in poll say people arent go ahead mark. Well i think this is always the problem with a Large Alliance that you find that the fringe areas the border areas are remote from centers of P