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I welcome and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two International Incheon thomas glad to have you with us. Now syrian proGovernment Forces have entered the kurdish held Northern Region of africa however they were immediately pushed back by turkish artillery fire our war correspondent tamara god jeff has more. This was a demonstration hundreds of pro Assad Militia fighters with tanks armor brazenly riding into africa with smiles cheers and cameras. All those rumored talks and deals which would see the syrian army really end afrin have yielded nothing so far instead these militias just went in and the kurds the y. P. G a jubilant for Syrian Government has responded to the call of duty and sent military units on the state to deploy along the border and take part in defending the units youre serious thirty three and. The turks well see for yourself and koreas response was explosive loaded and delivered in artillery shells why did. It go on warned that this would happen no one may help the white b. G. Said as for the kurds themselves seize promised to put them in a choke hold in me a days i need preparation on the ground takes time in the coming days well lay siege to city what assad wants is obvious to protect syrias sovereignty and reestablish control prevent more of syria from being devastated but here you have two major anti Isis Coalition partners terrorist and aggressor as they call each other turkey in the y. P. G a partner in all but name duking it out beating each other to bloody pulp one might ask where is america the head of the u. S. Led anti Isis Coalition. Why you still hear. Why do these weapons still arrive america is in the process of creating a terror army on our good do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us we will run out of patience. The destruction of whats going on up in africa right now which is drone of some of the Syrian Democratic forces they see their fellow kurds afrin under attack so there is cause in at least their attention to shift their lets not forget how it all began with this statement a u. S. Declaration that it would build an army of kurds to patrol the Turkish Border that sent into a fit of rage and it was that statement that was used to justify this new war washington backtracked its now laying low but the damage was done the coalition imploded and its up to others to stop this. We do not believe that the u. S. Will. The u. S. Strategy depends on creating new chaos in the middle east to pursue its interests in this region it is sad washington said the fire that is now consuming its own anti Isis Coalition and burning africa into the ground the u. S. Role has been reduced to diligently expressing its concern worry but not regret. Middle east analyst Joshua Landis believes american support for the kurds has escalated the conflict and the us has been supplying a lot of weaponry to the kurds east of the euphrates when the United States first entered syria and turkey and the United States came up to an agreement that everything west euphrates was turkomans everything east of the euphrates the United States. Many beige is a sore point but thats still to be decided on but thats the way its been and the United States has been giving a lot of weapons to the white now its obviously telling a white peachy do not attack turkey with these weapons because the moment you do that you will justify everything that aired or that says is going to happen that youre connected with the k. K. K. And so the United States is sitting on that kurtz and in essence is telling the white peachy you have to sacrifice your brothers in a funny way to preserve us out east of the euphrates. Both samples of a medal winning a russian girl or have tested positive for the prohibited drug mill dont e m according to russian olympic officials however alexander crucial in this case says that he has never used banned substances are hes only trying to go has more from country with this official confirmation from the russian side we now understand for sure that both doping tests a and b. Were positive and this is bad news for the o. A. R. Team and for the entire country of course as well Russian Sports officials have ruled out that there was systemic consumption of and that alexander crucial need ski could have taken the drug on purpose the man himself also reacted to this by saying i have never taken any banned substances openly stating that i have never used prohibited substances or competed unfairly since i started in sports thats why im the person most interested to see an investigation as soon as possible the Russian Olympic Committee is starting a comprehensive investigation of how the pills may have ended up in alexander crucial need skis body and some of the other key points that i should bring up here are that the concentration of mill donia in the samples suggests single use plus all the tests that crucial need ski went through before the games as many as ten and total were negative so that means that so far there is no proof of systemic use we have already heard suggestions about this unusual case that someone could have spiked alexanders food or drinks and the Russian Curling Federation have said that they are opening a separate probe into these specific claims and for that they have already demanded. 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Footage of the places where alexander trained and state other curlers including the russian female team coach have told us that there is a possibility of that kind of sabotage but that was because i mean you dont need to be a secret agent to give athletes of both will with any kind of banned substance that totally unprotected you just put it in a hotel room its easy if you can see the bottle and its like locked and then it can open it you can see it was locked he open it and drink it and as long as you keep an eye on the bottle thats fine if you just like turn around press second dont use this bottle curling is a peculiar sport where accuracy and intellect perhaps weigh the most Important Role so in a sense it may be compared to sports like pool perhaps nuker or bowling and experts in the sport have also told us that they cant understand how mole dont e m could work and their case with its effect such as enhancing and durrance and helping athletes recover i dont really understand what what it would be approved for what it would improve you and your game going to things to apply i dont understand what it will do for you i think it is unlikely that a sportsman of such a level as alexander the crucial need ski he used well done him on purpose during the olympics all sportsmen knew they would be checked moreover there is no point in taking a single dose to have an effect and alexander crucial needs keys case the next stage is the hearings at the court of arbitration for sport which is temporarily housed here and young chang they start on thursday february twenty second. We heard from the press secretary for the Russian Olympic Committee he thinks that given how closely russian athletes are being monitored in pyongyang taking a banned substance makes absolutely no sense. In this it shows first of all we have to sort out exactly what happened a thorough investigation should be conducted on the matter because this instance raises a lot of concerns one hardly ever sees doping in curling its not needed there every athlete doctor or Sports Official will tell you that but secondly banned substances were talking about doing which was found in alexanders blood doctors are found that the man discovered means the muldoon was taken once that has no impact on performance there was absolutely no sense in knowingly taken this substance moreover those two curlers have passed over the you can test in the past two years alone even when they were preparing for their lympics and theyve never ever had any violations considering how close the russian athletes are being watched at this lympics taking a banned substance two weeks before the event is just sports so it was side. Sociologist Ellis Cashmore says its hard to imagine why a curler would want to use maternity. And meld only im of course is an unusual drug no one its quite sure what its purpose is i mean its a stand simply an over the counter drug although it can be prescribed also for heart conditions and its mens we cant say for sure but its meant to give advantages in terms of stamina to the taken as weve just heard koenig isnt a stamina dominated sport its a sport where you need a cool head judgment and a steady hand and you cant see any obvious advantage is that would be conferred by mel dont you wanna curl up. In japan recently discovered a government documents have shed light on a forced Sterilization Program the procedure was carried out under the now scrapped eugenics a protection law it was adopted after the end of World War Two and it was in force until one thousand nine hundred six it permitted the sterilization of people with disabilities supposedly to preserve the purity of the japanese race according to some estimates up to twenty five thousand people were subjected to the procedure the newly revealed records deal with fewer than three thousand of those victims some are now taking legal action or to spoke with one of them. Has a hard time getting through the middle school. One of the teachers took me as a casting at his house that i was constantly being used by his wife i never got enough never got paid and never had the chance to see the official paper to back my diagnosis either she hated me. My teacher took me for a magical chacon and i was taken to hospital he didnt explain anything. When i woke up i was there stephen they told me not to drink water thats what i remember. At the time my parents told me that i was operated on and now i cannot have a baby my father didnt agree to her age was forced to sign documents by legislation and welfare for science. But i have many chances to get married when i was young but after the operation i found period i married and divorced and married again my husband left me when i told him about the operation. Of the committee further recommends that the state party adopt specific measures aimed at providing all victims of forced sterilizations with assistance to access legal remedies and provide them with compensation and rehabilitative services. The government should make opponents pay compensation to them if i was not forced and the guy the pressure to have i know i will suffer until the end of my life if only i could be a one time i caught. The womans lawyer told us of the japanese government is refusing to deal with the problem. Well two and a half years ago i received a call from mrs zucker it was the first time id heard about this matter we found out that people were taken to the facilities and forcefully operated on under instructions from the government it was a whole organized system japan still has a problem with ideas and eugenics and those who claim that disabled people have no right to live some psychometrist have started speaking out about the things that they did back then instead of taking their licenses away i think it would be better to watch them to bring their confessions to light and if not. Now that were discovering the truth we need to make those responsible apologize their actions and make sure the victims get compensation its clear now that the main problem here is the japanese government continuing to ignore the problem and advice from the un japan is not the only country that has in the past used forced sterilization practices inspired by eugenics among the notable examples are germany during nazi rule and sweden both countries have since offered a compensation to the victims all right still to come on r. T. International afghan the civilians have filed more than a million a war crime testimonies with the International Criminal court stay with us still to come. Should seem wrong. Just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out just the attic. And it gets me equals betrayal. When someone find themselves worlds apart. Just of the common ground. What politicians do. They put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So you want to be president and should. Somehow want to be. That youre going to be for us this is what. Korean people are. Interested always in the water. Should. Be. Our welcome back to this is our to International Life from moscow now afghan civilians who have submitted more than a million stalemates statement to the International Criminal Court Alleging that they are victims of war crimes now the court began collecting the testimonies in november of last year the statements described alleged atrocities per for traded by the taliban and also the afghan army and the American Forces we spoke to abdulla hiwatt who lost fifty two members of his family in the conflict in fact did a different kind of war crimes happened in afghanistan in the past sixteen seventeen years american bomb villages to bomb wedding parties thats one kind of crime another type of crime Afghan Security forces into villages. Without any reason do you kill people without you know ive been fighting with the out against the government or do i just simple People Living in the village. At the end of last year the International Criminal court released a statement accusing American Forces of committing war crimes in afghanistan in the early two thousand and Jennifer Brydon an attorney specializing in Foreign Policy believes it will be difficult to bring about justice there could be many more claims that come out these claims have come out against three different factions the taliban and their Hakani Network in afghanistan also against afghanis Government Forces or of Afghanistan Military there and as well as u. S. Military and u. S. Military personnel in afghanistan now on the domestic side the United States military code has a very strict in stringent of very long lists of laws that military personnel men and women have to be subject to and they have to follow but in terms of International Crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal court then no then the u. S. Cannot be held under their jurisdiction because the United States is not a signatory to the rome statute which created the International Criminal court so in that case it would be less likely that they be brought to justice by Member States or those that are aligned or fall under the jurisdiction of the i. C. C. The western media has been speculating on the existence of socalled russian troll farms and one channel went to extremes in search for clues. To look through the trash there what did you find because. Yes we did a. Little starry. Rafas for some sense computer. Electronic stuff. The latest hollywood superhero blockbuster black panther has been praised all around but for some that its a problem as archies cable and comments the new hollywood blockbuster black panther is creating quite a stir in an era where diversity is a favorite word the film is seen as a huge breakthrough for africanamericans the first ever big budget comic book story with a black superhero the cultural significance of marvels black panther is immense being praised for its impact on the black community its white people as we see ourselves even as we like to see ourselves as again masters of our own destinies not waiting for white savior to come in the rescues from whatever receiving ourselves now theres a common criticism of hollywood that film directors and actors of color are less acceptable in mainstream culture so the fact that a film like. Black panther is making such a huge splash is seen as a huge breakthrough and success by Many Americans Shows Positive African American heroes and thats something that hasnt been in film and i think its fabulous now this foley movie the represents what people was like you know the good goes for the name black panther brings a pretty loud bell it reminds people of the black Panther Party for selfdefense an activist group in the one nine hundred sixty s. And seventys that was quite controversial across the United States now its pretty clear the film is touching a nerve in us society as some say criticizing the film is unacceptable i implore Media Outlets to please seek out rightists of color to you the black parents in the. Not so bold prediction the first critic to write so roxanne review of black pump will be white now we decided to ask moviegoers here in new york city if they thought the film was good or bad for american political discourse folks on the internet are saying that if youre white and you criticize the film that thats unacceptable thats racist do you buy that no absolutely not its like any other film its a bad movie its a bad movie doesnt matter what color i think every movie should be criticized on its own regardless of where you are in the event or what your background is people have their own opinion do whatever say whatever they want right now just let people be happy you know theyll read it good or very views if you read them later now the film is widely celebrated by advocates of diversity however some activists are criticizing the film for the fact that no l g b t scenes are characters were included it looks like today in the age of social media and you just cant please everyone caleb mopp and art see new york me in order to caprio who picked up an oscar for his portrayal of a mans a fight for survival in the revenant is now worried about the weather in siberia the Dicaprio Foundation has alerted its instagram followers about the low temperatures in the region. 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Coming up well talk with laura fix the car coach about self driving cars and ask her how they handle the winter roads and in the wake of the here round us Florida Shooting ashley banks looks at gun manufacturer earnings and the toughest week reports on the iconic Los Angeles Times and its due on or plus we have the second part of my interview with indian minister katie rem a row and what he has to say about Renewable Energy for the future but first lets get to some have. Kentucky Fried Chicken has close to five hundred fifty of their nine hundred restaurants in the United Kingdom due to what the Company Called operator issues which has to do with actually getting the chicken and other menu items to the stores via the Delivery Company d. H. L. K. F. C. In the contract to do business with the h l only a week ago but the incomplete or delayed deliveries has become one of the worst logistical failures in recent memory the owner of k. F. C. Yum brands can reconfigured the u. K. 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