A low in welcome to cross talk or all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Ross talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath me good i own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have dmitri bobbitt shes a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we cross to our going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly an adlib we had the leaders of turkey and russia meeting and we came to a conclusion now it could be spun a lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. Well i think the back down for 2
We crossed who i was going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly and we had the leaders of turkey and russia meeting and we came to a conclusion now it could be spun a lot of different ways but essentially the turks back down why. Well i think the back down for 2 reasons firstly the the fount that militarily they were outmatched theyre not in a position to take on the syrian army and the Russian Air Force one on the same time and they were suffering casualties and i think that was one reason why they pulled back but the other reason was that they found that they had no diplomatic support or military support or Political Support from their western allies the United States ruled out any military action in support of turkey they refused to send it to
Update this hour. World oil stocks are taking a major hit following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as a ban for oil falls i mean fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia with more here. Quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minute free is on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop weve seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that weve got an Oil Price Drop 30 percent decline in the price of oil a plunge in the price of oil the biggest drop weve ever seen in oil since 1901 and at this point its being traced back essential each of the negotiations with opec saudi arabia has come forward and called for a decrease in Oil Production due to limited demand around the coronavirus well russia has come forward and said that this call for a reduction in Oil Product
A news wrap up for this hour thanks for tuning in. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you have. A low in welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also the coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. Ross talking some real news im joined by my guest underneath the new guy own he is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations we also have a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we crossed who i was going to be here as he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or a german crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate lets go to london 1st alex we had a stress test over syria particularly an adlib we had th
A majority. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of adlib in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area the 3rd syrian fighter downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed by an explosion and it lip city elsewhere fighting is on intensifying in the south thats happening in iraq despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed those fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly croft visited the border area with syria and met with members of the syrian white helmets. Those hills over there. The Turkish Military and the Syrian Opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe millions or millions of refugees that the