His countrys objectives have been to change this comes as the u. S. Prepares to send a high level delegation to ankara and ending turkeys operation or Russian Forces are now moving towards Northern Syria in an effort to fill the security void left behind by american troops meanwhile u. S. Politicians have introduced a resolution opposing President Trump decision to pull troops out of syria House Speaker nancy pelosi says the bill will also call for stronger sanctions against her. We would have a bipartisan bill to oppose the president s decision to terribly dangerous decision and that we would have legislation with strong sanctions and it against turkey of the president gave the green light to turkey to go in and commit this humanitarian disaster or to the kurds making us an untrustworthy ally and then had a wet noodle for. His sanctions which we just were not up to the task. Now protests over a Spanish Court sentencing 9 caught on independence lead us to jail have continued for a 2nd day thousands of separatists clashed with police in boston more into the act than government in catalonia condemned the demonstrations saying its a move to guarantee security in the region so when the guy you go has more from barcelona. Nights these violent protests have been continuing right in the city center of barcelona. Of the busiest. The city center even though the larger crowd dispersed into smaller groups that theyve continued certain actions such as setting alight garbage containers and. Such as bottles at the police the police have returned in kind by trying to disperse many of them as possible even riot police or Regional Police force with us the National Police here as well but this kind of tension was really surprising because of course there had been calls for a campaign of civil disobedience even from the government as well as some of the Civil Society leaders as well the problem is that they have to end violence there not as peaceful perhaps as people had intended them to and this looks set to continue for the rest of the week and it will be culminating on friday with a general strike. Then of prats are accusing the trumpet ministration of a stone wall in the investigation into whether the president should be impeached Vice President mike pence triumph lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the white house are refusing to submit documents to the inquiry a Senior State Department official in charge of ukraine policy has become the latest to testify before the house committees the head of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff says evidence of obstruction of Congress Continues to mount. We are running into what we expected in one aspect and that is a complete effort by the administration to stonewall. Today is long past due the date when the state department was subpoenaed to provide documents but the state department has thus far refused and were it not for the fact that at least some witnesses have given us documents we would not know that there is a paper record of efforts to condition this meeting and perhaps condition military support itself on these political investigations donald trump wanted and the 1st democratic debate send that impeachment inquiry is under way in the u. S. State of ohio the 12 candidates the debating issues such as health care and taxes and therefore the televised debate is a battleground state thats backed the winner of the president ial vote for decades and the e. U. And the u. K. Have been holding last ditch talks to work out a break sit down with it can be discussed and they have a summit in brussels on thursday but negotiation michelle bania says there is still potential for a day of despite the obstacles bush in effect to leave the e. U. On october the 35th well those are the headlines on aljazeera trafficking is coming up next. Antiquities trafficking is one of the most profitable illegal trades in the world estimated to be worth several 1000000000. 00 a year it ranks off to illegal arms and drugs precious objects plundered or discovered in clandestine excavations find their way onto the official market into museums and galleries. The main victims the pillage nations are now demanding the return of their stolen treasures for a long time these demands for ignored. But systematic ransacking of heritage sites meticulously staged by the Islamic State of iraq and the levant isis has caused a global outcry and has reopened the debate with changing Public Opinion efforts to halt the trafficking have gained a new urgency but are nations prepared to act from berlin to beijing from rome to the Syrian Border an investigation into trafficking thats at the heart of an economic cultural and diplomatic war. Paris february 2009 crowds flocked to the grown palace to admire the treasures contained in the private collection of eve sun the home and pierre ballsy one of the most prestigious in the world a few days later these precious works were to be auctioned off by christies dozens of masterpieces would be changing hands including these 218th Century Bronze heads a rat and a rabbit which had once been housed in the imperial palace in beijing their sale sparked an uproar in china. Was was. Was it ah. Ah ah ah. But the present owner doesnt agree. That issue has to be a new palate it really is there is there. Own marshall shake a fellow when one is of your own book will be today cryptic on that lake it actually. Except that these heads were stolen back in the 19th century it was an 860 june the 2nd opium war when french and british troops plundered the forbidden city and ransacked the Summer Palace. Still today the destruction and faffed are a deep scar for the chinese people. Beyond their aesthetic value the bronze heads are considered as priceless items of chinese heritage. Should p. R. Bags in their former return. To see our future in a way to raise only paid you to defend i cant do it as she knew our surveys it the it it every day g. D. Could occur if you are right so you guys are expected i blog as your are 48 is really fake which probably publicly thank you can lady she. You couldnt do it as an asus last letter he had to go on the boulevard to d. C. It. Was. Really only share and you do. Know. That. You can read the letter. Sent to show. That. The 2 heads finally went for a combined price of 28000000 euros the conclusive bids came from a chinese businessman who asked to remain anonymous but 5 days after the sale the mysterious bio revealed his identity at a press conference in beijing and his announcement was more than unexpected. Ways. Well as a city in a city thats already been well. Dallas it still can but it will hit it out. As the buyer refused to pay for the objects pillage from his country the big was cancelled and the 2 bronzes were returned to p. R. Back. In china people continued to demand the restitution a demand which took on political dimensions beijing viewed it as a way to exercise a National Humiliation but also to confirm its newfound International Clout the 2 bronzes in the sun the home begs a collection had become symbols of the plundering of their country by the west for christies it was urgent to calm things down with the chinese in 2030 the owner of christies file swapping or himself sent emissaries to directly negotiate the purchase of the bronzes with. Was would be agreed we could see a near. From france where pino asked this it had to be up or here or there. She sees it for belize shores. Officially from swapping no returned the heads to beijing out of friendship for the people of china but that wasnt all a few weeks after the return of the bronzes in the presence of the french businessman the Chinese Government finally gave christies permission to operate in the country and exchange as p. R. Described it. The much publicized case of the Summer Palace bronzes is far from unique more and more pillaged countries are demanding the return of their Cultural Assets the trophies of the renowned museums of the western world. Pillaged. Trees have a legal tool to negotiate for the return of their stolen treasures the 970 Unesco Convention signed during the era of decolonization imposes on all nations to return objects obtained illegally. In recent years the pressure on renowned museums has intensified. The Pergamon Museum the most visited in berlin is obliged to know the origins of its collections. You start to understand that what you have here is not just archaeological object but its part of the Cultural Heritage of the region or of these countries and at that point you realize youre talking about a political dimension or a cultural political dimension as a director i cannot say i dont know when somebody asked me how did your collection actually come into being so my responsibility as director of this museum is to know everything about the objects. Well the key documents in this file the ones that tell us basically that it was ok to take up the objects and this we have to do for everything and im considering that we have roughly 500000 objects you know that this is. A huge task ahead for us something that has to be done over decades really 500000 objects all and so thats an ongoing process it will take until im retiring but the important thing is somebody is doing it every day because you have to have a was i was that is said to have made a new going to close the critics on the present is that extolled was said you know i said that is ideologue a big spy example in jest musicland missile never going off in a divorce exacta mad world yeah. The professor. And. All the friends you see here have been pretty good. And we wouldnt be acquiring stuff anymore the pergamon stopped acquiring in the 1930 s. 40 years before the signing of the Unesco Convention which isnt retroactive this is. So the museums collection is seemingly protected from demands for restitution but thats not the opinion in turkey specially in the city of god tep young guys and why they should come. Here mr. Dolan that we dont at all my. Name is that down on that was. The man i should when there was a debate the internet. And he said and then say and then i said and as many people in this is from this is now you know that ive had. This black list includes objects on show in the British Museum in london but also in the pentagon in berlin although they were all acquired before 970 turkey still wants them back. Its not a question of museums anymore because its a request of the state of turkey. They also are in the process of overcoming. Colonial attitudes towards Cultural Heritage and in this process they have started to realize that. Countries in the west have not always been upfront about their practices of acquiring collections begin to do yeah savation. There is. A palooka. They can. Do given busy im. Busy you know gunson shante can play in kent and then just begin to d. L. Solution to the visual a set weve been engaged in in on money and then i made. An agenda to shoot it in this new they are musing in their zen correlation dont know. The pillagers happened over a century ago but turkey isnt ready to forget. Like china and italy turkey has made the restitution of its treasures a political priority. Within its Culture Ministry the turkish government has set up a special restitution unit. 40 or so lawsuits have already been won resulting in the return of over 4000 objects. One of the special units successes is the restitution of this music of orpheus stolen in the 950. 00 s. Then purchased by the Dallas Museum of art after several years of legal wrangling the museum was obliged to return it. While village nations like turkey have a Legal Framework to demand reparations this isnt the case in the private sector where only the market rules. In this antique shop window how many artifacts have a perfectly established origin in many cases its practically impossible to verify. Does the private antiquities market have its own rules immune to International Legislation you know asco had attempted to extend its 970 convention to better control private transactions a new convention adopted in 1905 the convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects obliges sellers to prove the legal origin of an artifact it also obliges buyers to demand proof but although the original Unesco Convention is recognized by 113. 00 nations only 37 party states have committed to the united wired convention. So the market is winning thriving with its own often shady rules chadian as embodied by the freeport system one of the main thoroughfares of art market trafficking. The best known are here in geneva but the exist throughout the world free ports were originally special Economic Zones which stocked in transit merchandise to reduce or avoid customs duties are dealers were soon renting space in these huge warehouses to discreetly store artifacts by allowing people to store all kinds of objects without the slightest control free ports have long been considered as a hub of antiquities trafficking its estimated there are over a 1000000 works deposited here more than twice the number contained in the movie. This swiss establishment guarantees its clients 100 percent confidentiality its high security site is protected from theft but also from prying eyes artifacts can be stored safely here for years sit behind as up a problem on the. Left you. Know i mean he can join on would you defend or not understood it was in zone should one image with one on source fish out when youre at the t. V. Are would order to keep the tax. No taxation an appealing advantage for our dealers while the works remain inside a free port they can be sold and bought without being subjected to any kind of tax customs duties are only paid once when our work definitively leaves the freeport a perfectly legal tax haven right in the heart of europe. These facilities explain why the gallery phoenix keeps most of its merchandise in free ports and the showcases only a small part of the collection is displayed the gallery belongs to tom one of the biggest antiquities dealers in the world. In 2010 customs discovered in alley toms warehouse in the freeport of geneva this is 2nd century roman sarcophagus since then it has been the center of a complex legal battle. The stock of. Tools will awful you know all over to prevent thank are up on love on do i live on this on the on it off and off on dr to for thats not hope you bleak put on your own music. 35 a day and dont. Know jane ill come problem. 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Heavy faced with doubts over the objects origin the sale was finally cancelled as the so called because it was probably looted in turkey swiss authorities decided to allow it ankara let your idea for me do cool let your key sit there. But of course if you. Impose it do i did it go see or jerky man who thought they did agree. To set this exposed as short as it called the steam percent last year to put it in for you so it does i confess keep as to the tumble blues dont. All of a on all let them pull of the store they object with a document live only the wrong to the club they are allowed one or both own them. Except that after being restored in london this or coffee because didnt return to geneva until 2009 so the turkish lawyer heading the case believes it comes under the new swiss law which demands every approachable origins for all works of art imported after 2005 in september 2015 swiss justice finally ordered the repatriation of the 2nd office to turkey but tom continues to claim ownership based on a certificate delivered by the company art loss register or for years that if you get a positive early. Book of us by that suit the glare is that if it outlaws netizens these or cope what is a really really classic may see. This late hour of you are getting. A sucky sucky sucky do to a for me. What is an art loss register certificate the precious open sesame of the art market a document which states that an object wasnt stolen. Founded in london 25 years ago is a private Information Service with over 400000. 00 listed objects art loss register who owns the largest database of stolen artifacts in the world for a fee any buyer or seller can ask art loss register to verify that a piece is not listed on its database. These registrations. Could also be registrations from a museum just in case items ever started on the register them on the database just in case they show off for sale somewhere else and i saw this examples of the theft from the National Museum of iraq in 2003 in 2004. And what was amazing is they were very careful and you can tell it was well because they went into the basement once theyd stolen everything and they destroyed all the documentation for the objects so that people would know what had been stolen unfortunately the major objects have been recorded elsewhere. They can see actually the different words that weve entered just to help bring that up so here they were thrown they were put. 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