Wonderful southern live from the russian capital this is often international for myself on the whole team here a very warm welcome to the program. Jump in the u. S. Is boosting its defensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Some true cmon said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. We are also in the process of bringing air Defense SystemsBallistic MissileDefense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against about another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation a ram remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military presence in iraq now iran has other priorities than conducting a war games with the United States lets remember that iran has been pretty hard hit by coronavirus now its also interesting that the pentagon refers to iran as the greatest source of terrorism in the middle east when just sunday we saw it 2 u. S. Military personnel killed at the hands of the ice ill terrorists these are the 1st u. S. Military personnel killed by i still sense trout declared the group had been totally defeated the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory were doing a good job with those as we have just absolutely decimated eyes as we have won a good study says weve beaten them and weve beaten a badly the isis caliphate. Has been decimated in another short period of time like hours youll be hearing hours and days youll be hearing about the caliphate it was 100 percent defeated so despite the fact that 2 u. S. Marines were killed by the ice still terrorists the United States continues to take the position under the leadership of the Trump White House that your rob a country that has been key in the battle against isis is somehow the greatest source of terrorism in the region antiwar activists can say and think the u. S. Military presence in the middle east is actually increasing the chances for conflict. We have to keep in mind that this socalled defensive capacity in a few hours could be changed to an offensive capacity and be used to target sites in iran the presence of the United States in iraq and syria is a provocation to all the people in the middle east who want to reassert their and National Sovereignty and territorial integrity and here comes the u. S. And and plunks itself down in the middle of the region and tries to recolonize countries such as syria iraq yemen all these things all the all that the us does is increase the tensions in the middle east it increases the likelihood of a wider regional war and even god forbid a world war. Now thats had to syria where fragile peace in the etna province is Still Holding with russia discussing ways to strengthen it its been reported that he might even start withdrawing its heavy weaponry a cease fire was arranged last week and its not his toughest counterpart after fighting intensified and at the end of february the tame involved in an escalation with the syrian army off to 33. 00 of its soldiers were killed in an ass strike our sister channel r. T. Arabic has been traveling with patrols along the border. The ill carry that now we fly over the us and hes been one of the russian into the eagles promised the oil reserve go on near the american soldiers position the. Blood to me appear 10 hasnt ruled out staying in power if thats what the people want the suggestion was fos made by an m. P. As the duma discussed potential changes to the constitution however the president said it would be up to the people to decide in a public vote next month on a would of course also have to be approved by the Constitutional Court and my colleague andrew fama was given more details by morocco. So my reported mr putin say exactly well his speech his address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit of the number of president ial terms anyone president can serve here blog me a putin was asked whether he supported it to which he replied no. Society should have guarantees that the regular changes. We need to think about future generations will do should i consider it is appropriate to remove from the constitution. The number of president s returned to school look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected Something Better to come of it and every time what they got was the opposite of corruption mass deaths its been hectic not only putin says theres no more appetite for revolutions in russia but people want change and this is you know this is inside everyone of us we want you blood and he says the point of a limit to the number of times a president conserve is to make sure that theres new ideas new faces coming into the government all the time taking russia into a new level evolving helping keep up with the times but glad mia putin was also asked that another potential constitutional amendment of the reset of his president ial limit so potentially allowing him to serve another 2 terms given how wide reaching these constitutional amendments are theyre changing almost every aspect. Life for russians and heres what were putin had to say on potentially that. The 2nd proposal means removing the restriction from any citizen and the incumbent president inclusively and allowing their future participation in the elections if citizens to support this amendment during the vote on april 22nd this option would only be possible under one condition if the Constitutional Court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the laws of the constitution it worth mentioning is that that didnt say whether he would run for another term if the Constitutional Court deemed these potential amendments regarding resetting his president ial terms as legitimate as legal you know thats still up in the air and how do you think the public would react to this then if they had the chance to vote on what people people are going to react differently i mean likely a putins support his support levels his poll numbers away up he still has majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th president ial term ease an old face and he said himself that you know new blood is needed new faces are needed in Government People people want new people want evolution. And here again people will be voting only on whether Gladney Putin is allowed to run for another 2 terms this is a whole host of issues in the moments that people will be voting for a new livable minimum wage establishing marriage as Something Union between a man and a woman forbidding parliamentarians potential candidates with a jewel citizenship for running from running for high office so these are this is a huge array of changes that we put in here says that theyre absolutely necessary that was the gist of his speech to parliament because times are changing. Hes a troubled nevertheless that is his take on how things will turn out it is entirely another where the russians agree with him and the vote is next month in april and that is when people will decide ultimately whether they believe his words whether they believe that these amendments will make for a better tomorrow. Or so in europe italy has been dealing with its 1st full day in lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus the number of infections nationwide has now surpassed 10000 while the death toll has grown to more than 630. 00 the country is the 2nd worst affected after china. I am a bird to send a decree that we can sum up with the expression homes there will no longer be a red zone there will no longer be a zone one or a zone on or peninsula there will be at li li that is a protected zone amid the tight new restrictions uprisings broke out in a number of jails prisoners that by law in europe for example have been writing since yesterday after they took over a jail and set it on fire and milan inmates were filmed on the rooftop biting items and shouting freedom 6 detainees died in clashes in the Northern City of on a downer meanwhile in sicily and relatives of prisoners gathered near a jail concerned that prisoners could be infected by the cover 1000 iris prisoners are reportedly angered by new rules which have seen family visits suspended. In other scenes in the country citizens in the italian capital lined up in long queues at supermarkets on monday night thats after the countrys pm extended the lockdown measures to the entire country meanwhile some italians was seen fleeing from the epicenter of the outbreak thats in the north to sicily in the south. The situations requires a strong sense of responsibility especially from the younger one because for example im coming from the nato and probably put myself in voluntary quarantine and i do not think it is the right time to go exporting germs in case aggregate them in any case it is a question of respect for us and for others in particular because im 25 years old but our family members are older. The situation with finding this place is getting complicated as the situation is already out of hand before one hopes for is clearly that everyone takes on their responsibilities and thats appropriate precautions are taken for oneself as for others obstetrician gynecologist spoke with our saudia about the risk of infection from cover at 19 protected it for pregnant women. Both the police who did the reports about the current developments were getting from our colleagues in china say that pregnant women do not belong to the risk group all information about the peculiarities and complications were getting solely from military sources i would like to highlight that theres not a single pregnant woman among the few coronavirus infected people in russia and not a single child as far as i know all the information were getting is from Foreign Literature im currently reading report describing the 19 pregnant women infected by mild corona virus 4 of them successfully gave birth and the crucial thing is that they did not transmit the corona virus to their children either by blood nor any other way if you do not belong to the risk group it does not mean that you do not pose a threat to those who surround you or the elder population to your parents you should not relax. Afghan president ashraf ghani has signed a decree to release taliban prisoners around 1500. 00 taliban militants are to be freed this move comes as part of the deal between the u. S. And the taliban which was agreed in late pre the peace deal is aimed at ending the decades old war in afghanistan the core of the agreement is u. S. Troops eventual withdrawal from the country something that has already begun in turn to taliban is to open direct talks with the Afghan Government and reduce violence an exchange of prisoners was a condition set by the Medicine Group before talks with all the swap trades 5000 taliban members for 1000 Government Troops previously though if the afghan president had expressed reluctance on the subject of an exchange. He now where there is no commitment to release 5000 prisoners i have shared this with dr kelly this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan they have requested it it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. Now despite the fact that reducing violence is an important part of the deal incidents do continue bloss disrupted the swearing in ceremony for example of president gone e amid a deepening political crisis in the country. Yes. At a. According to afghanistans interior ministry rockets landed near the site of many that you saw one Police Officer received minor injuries no one was killed Islamic State claimed responsible responsibility for the attack meanwhile just a short distance away gone his main rival Abdullah Abdullah held his own president ial inauguration off 2 weeks of mediation efforts between the 2 men failed afghanistans Election Commission named gone eat the winner of the september contest but up to the declared results for shouldnt claim victory himself. Well for more on this were joined live by political analyst andre vet check took us through it in your opinion weve heard president gone he not being particularly in favor of this exchange why do you think he changed his mind with regards to the prisoner exchange. Well there is definitely a pressure from the United States. To sign this agreement the United States is ok by income honey stand for 18 years it spent more than a trillion of dollars of it is. It brought the company do some of the most horrific moment in the history of the area of how dishonest. Is the company weve. Always life expectancy. In asia this horrific social situation so now is this very complicated time for 100 stone because it is not only what you see. In syria as you know the. Leap is being liberated by the city and troops of the help of russia and you know it libya has many that are is groups including go. Train in egypt it to syria by turkey and they took so many of these armies grouping started moving now to afghanistan because they are actually supposed to join the fight against china and against possibly former soviet republics so this is one of the situations that this that is happening to us if its going to leave partially or of always going to bars this. Host think of these groups of the territory and then to transit through either to china or to former soviet republics. And that this. Surely was the u. S. With pretty fair to have been done by themselves that is a big competition that is fighting historically for several. Years between dollars. Between the groups going. To isis so the situation is extremely complicated and not very transparent now with this war that the Afghan Government and the taliban are set now to start peace talks how would you rate the chance for success i mean if never before disguised mistrust of each other. Well yes but there was always a communication between between the taliban the United States between the dollar and the. Government so no. It is the question of how. People from the government and former Northern Alliance of the log who are going to actually handle the situation with the new reality. Particular area which means that isis and what this. Actually isis mutated into and elyse of isis including. Movement throughout harnessed to the to the region now weve seen continued to fight on despite the deal being signed what do you think the chances are that the taliban will uphold its end of the bargain and why is the u. S. Continuing to withdraw from the country despite the deal already in effect being preached. Well around it states actually we will see. Very soon the weather and the draw will actually take place you know that United States like in syria same in a 100 star it goes back and forth on its. Promises that all the bond is controlling actually enormous of territory of the country and it is clear that the government of afghanistan and the United States cannot actually of defeat dollar bond despite the 18 brutal years of of the patient and collaboration or whatever you want to call it so. Is there to say. Things to see there all it is going to play you have honey stock and whether United States is going to call a cooperative or d whether its going to basically allow it to continue to do a huge territory of the come through which holding to some statistics is close to 50 percent so he said that potentially lets see if they do withdrawal to many but if they do what would you say will be left that with all these political divisions taleban of super tony a large part of the country what do you see as the the landscape after that withdrawal. Well that. Basically the government of. Is a very close ally of the United States and the best nato of course the question of. The extent of the taliban would be incorporated into this. Alliance which is progress them because they. d are fighting and they are fighting the what is left of isis or what is what isis mutated into and i think this is what the u. S. Is betting that the government of i want to stop the president go the government of president conny. Move together if dollar bond 5. Of 5 the isis bought that is also not very clear because again to be rule of where is the geopolitical where are the geopolitical interests of the of the of after. Potentially the u. S. With the road again all this mess that we see you know. In syria is. Pointed towards and going izing. Both china and russia and former soviet republics in the region so who will see how the situation is going to develop with the. Sun changing very quickly in the places like syria and. The situation is going back and forth you dont want to start a swell for for several years. While definitely very tangled situation i mean no one ever probably expected it to be easy after almost 20 years that was political analysts on tape that took many many facts feel time im no insight. They do so much. After wall street suffered its 1st automatic holton trading and more than 2 decades with stocks falling nearly 8 percent World Markets seem to be slowly recovering so is the price of oil which also went into freefall on monday after a price war triggered by saudi arabia and in the u. S. The dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by oil prices for the markets around the world we have a huge amount of interest a lot of investors repriced at all in the crash resort markets and 2000 point swing on the dow for what happens today Business News now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 100921 all prices plunged 30 percent on whats been dubbed modern day in the biggest single day fall since the iraq war it was sparked by a spat between top crude suppliers riyadh and moscow who couldnt agree on a deal on production. Saudi arabia says it is slashing oil prices to grab market share from russia if those russians refuse all last week to back an opec plan to cut Oil Production to pull strips price with moscow believing that would only benefit high cost producers in the u. S. Russias and minister had the following to say about the whole situation. Unfortunately our opec plus partners decided that their meeting to reduce Oil Production by the end of the year by 1500000. 00 barrels and they did not consider any other options of course this led to the fact that no consensus was reached on the extension of the agreement and starting from april the 1st all countries have the opportunity to independently determine their production policy yesterday saw a very strong decline in World Markets and accordingly oil prices this was primarily cause been in use that appeared on the weekend that saudi am co had offered its consumers an additional price reduction however today we can see that markets have partially recovered sharing about 7 percent growth well see how the situation develops but it seems to me that the panic that took hold yesterday has already partially subsided the market now more stable that you always spoke to unless he told us that saudi arabia is ultimately paying. But he was an observer markets didnt see this coming you got the credit bubble blowing up again this is part 0 of the 2008 financial crisis you know it turns out russia is the best at that you know a lot of coal oil going you know russias cost of energy is about 7. 00 a barrel ok saudi arabia has close to 3. 00 a barrel but russia has got no debt and theyve been buying goal meanwhile in usa and america their cost is closer to 50. 00 and this will be the complete this arrangement of the american shale industry saudi arabia and america are really that position that this International Oil kolker game and i think russia is holding 3 aces the Current Situation clearly the saudis are to blame they have taken a move to use only benefits the only potential advantage in the general strategic michael valley in terms of is the surprise toddy arabia vastly increased production to create a huge price drop and with potential for further price drops were talking something some analysts fear prices could go as low as 23. 00 a barrel which would be levels than the early ninetys and this move was solely precipitated by the saudi arabia simply because the russians did not go along with the previous proposal when in fact there was room for further negotiation what print some mind wants to achieve with this remains unclear because his Oil Production increase is also compromises the saudi states ability to fulfill its welfare function and therefore to keep domestic stability. He chaos trends from the commonwealth and International Space station all stay. Its a performant part of the British Empire have criticized what they call a grave injustice that they could be deported and pleas from the Ruling Conservative Party are now calling on the government to help former Service Members with the complex and costly procedures to stay in the country its hard to imagine people more entitle to live in our islands than those who have fought to defend them we need to look hard at these cases and ensure we support those who should have been able to stay all. This dont seem wrong i hope the home office will rectify this quickly and save these former british soldiers from the trauma of Court Proceedings and further delay under Current Home Office rules commonwealth factions who have sought at least for years in the u. K. Armed forces can apply for indefinite leave to remain which is also known as settlement however many simply cant afford the procedures which can cost thousands of pounds and those who dont apply could be forced to leave britain a veteran told us that that treatment by the government is appalling we should not be in the lives of these 1000000 application to the or more many occasions. You see me and refusing me all over. The armed forces from the from the. Refuse me from working in. Which no i have. Only money. I mean theres room. For them and. I mean theres room. To do is mean there remain as. The wife of a british soldier from south africa has started an online petition to make life long stay in the u. K. Free for commonwealth utterance she said her thoughts with us on the story. They have so our country they have for clinton country i mean what has been the lonely hes done 2 tours hes. Streets of london after a terrorist attack and taxis theyre not entitled to any benefits or anything. Why we charge in such a ridiculous amount of money for them to remain in the u. K. Pop to death everything thats done we lived life to children and then it was come to redundancies and i was a big lorry there so i said oh ok we need to start making sure that money aside and the face just kept going up and up every year every day when they go up the risk of my husband and. Me having to explain to my 2 Young Children if anything talking to him genuinely career i think that they need to reevaluate the costs. And thats going to stop in south africa where a demonstration cooled by venezuelan Opposition Leader has ended with class says between protesters and Police Thousands of antigovernment demonstrators marched