A partial troop withdrawal between surprise visit to syria highlights russias expanded influence in the middle east it comes just a week after he said hes standing for reelection f. O. Also coming up an attempted terror attack on the worlds busiest bus station in new york rosendahl prompt seizing on the incident to call for tougher immigration rules and trump throws his political weight behind growing more than a Republican Senate candidate accused of Sexual Misconduct election takes place in alabama today. Also coming up in the next sixty minutes drowning in sewage manual scavenging keeping the sewage flowing is illegal in india yet the death toll of sanitation workers from lower caste communities keeps rising. And when this league is back for some midweek action live seek is looking to keep up the chase at the top of the table while thor and their new coach hope to turn their season over. Well im terry barton good to have you with us. Russias president Vladimir Putin has declared victory in syria and announced a partial withdrawal of Russian Troops during a surprise visit to syria putin said the task of fighting what he called quote Armed Bandits was now mostly complete he said a significant part of the Russian Forces could now return home and he praised the Russian Military for doing a spectacular job. Russian soldiers and said they are welcoming their commander in chief to him a base and on his first visit to the country Vladimir Putin and im sure that the bulk of troops stationed here can go home. Last week the Russian Military declared victory in syria over quote terrorist groups including the socalled Islamic State and al qaeda for president putin its now Mission Accomplished what all of that unity with the terrorist threat in the whole world is still very high. However the task of fighting bandits here in syria a task that was essential to solve with the extensive use of force has for the most part been solved and its been solved spectacularly. But. Russia entered the syrian conflict in september twenty fifth it was moscows biggest intervention in the middle east in decades since then Russian Forces have battled more moderate rebel groups opposed to the syrian president Bashar Al Assad russian airstrikes helped turn the tide in assads favor. Well what about not only is president Vladimir Putin proud of you but i am also proud of you and i thank you. No sooner had putin had the tarmac and he was off again this time getting to grips with russian interests in egypt he put pen to paper on a deal to build a Nuclear Reactor there but he disappointed his hosts by delaying a plan to resume russian civilian flights to the country two years after a passenger plane was shot down. He still had a spring in his step by the time he reached his final destination getting together with chuckies president brought the days diplomacy full circle the pair hunkered down to discuss the sale of a Russian MissileDefense System and of course their long running bed to broker a solution in the syrian war. Lets bring in d. W. Is Julia Chapman in moscow so julia president putin on a whirlwind diplomatic tour there lets start with syria has russia really accomplished all it set out to achieve there. Well when russia intervened in the syrian conflict in twenty fifteen it certainly changed the course of that conflict at the time president putin said that the stated aim of Russian Military intervention was to combat terror groups in the region as time went on as the two and a bit years went by and it became increasingly clear that one of his other priorities was also to bolster his ally. The president of syria and hes certainly gone some way to accomplishing that theres been a market shift in the balance of power in syria since the russians got involved with air strikes which were intended to support Syrian Ground troops as well as iranian backed shia militias there but there has been some progress on the terrorism front as well Islamic State has lost a lot of the territory that it gained in syria in twenty fourteen including the strategic city of raka and putin said yesterday in his speech that if Islamic State was to rear its head again Russian Troops would be ready to jump back in and its not the first time that putin has made a withdrawal announcement there have been at least two similar ones neither of which resulted in any significant withdrawal of troops from the country but there is certainly enough evidence to suggest that there this time might be different because situations on the ground have changed so much for syria of putins next stop on his trip as egypt its relations with moscow have been rocky in the past couple years is putin ready to touch things that are. Well its certainly true that theres been a strain in relations between egypt and russia since the downing of a russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula two years ago that resulted in the deaths of all two hundred twenty four people on board most of which were russian tourists on their way back to peaces burg from holidays in egypt egypt has historically been a very important Tourist Destination for russians theyve been its been very popular with them and therefore russian tourists have been very important to egypts tourism economy so theyre very keen to see the return of russian tourists to the region its often said that. Wait staff in egypt speak better russian than they do english reflecting the picture of tourism there generally but yesterdays meeting between president putin and egyptian president. Certainly suggested that improve improving relations was on the table there was a nuclear deal signed between them to the tune of twenty one billion u. S. Dollars and they did discuss the resumption of commercial flights between the two countries which have been suspended since the incident over the sinai two years ago although no concrete date for the resumption of flights has been set yet thanks julio did always Julia Chapman there in moscow well u. S. President donald trump has seized on an attempted terror attack in new york city to call for tougher immigration rules a twenty seven year old man is in custody after detonating an explosive device in new Yorks Port Authority bus terminal Officials Say he was inspired by the socalled Islamic State and learned to make the crude pipe bomb on the internet. Many new yorkers Worst Nightmare this is the moment a bomb exploded in a subway in the worlds busiest bus station. And then panic broke out at the pool Authority Bus terminal hit by the explosion right in the middle of rush hour there. I see that look like to be running. Like. Women. And nobody. Because the plan to work. Here with. Police and other fast responders rushed to the scene near times square and evacuation followed. It was an attempt to terror attack the suspect is a twenty seven year old man. Who is now in custody he allegedly had a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body the blast injured him and three others its unclear if the device went off by accident or less home as in brooklyn and after the attack investigators combed the area for clues. Officials saying he was inspired by socalled Islamic State. This is new york. We all get. Who would like to make a statement against democracy and freedom. Of the statue of liberty you know. It could have been wests weeks ago eight people died after a man rammed a truck and to cyclists and pedestrians that was the citys worst attack since nine eleven. So you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today Amnesty International has blamed European Union countries for being complicit in the abuse of migrants in a group. Court the u. N. Or rather the Human Rights Group accuses the e. U. Of turning a blind eye to alleged brutality by the libyan coast guard and dangerous detention facilities there the e. U. Has been working with libya to curb migration across the mediterranean after a brief slowdown the wildfire in Southern California has flared up again thousands of people are under evacuation orders in the foothills about one hundred twenty kilometers northwest of los angeles socalled tallness fire is the fifth largest in californias history President Trump has declared a state of emergency. President from has also launched a new Space Program ordering nasa to send more american astronauts to the moon and on words to more or is eventually its been forty five years since apollo seventeen landed on the moon and the last time humans travel beyond low earth orbit. In norway singers sarah larson and john legend headlined the Nobel Peace Prize concert. The performers paid tribute to the winners of this years prize the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons also on earth were victims and survivors of past Nuclear Attacks for the United NationsSecurity Council is to meet later today to discuss ongoing violations against row hinge of muslims in myanmar the News Agency Associated press says it has evidence that Myanmar Armed forces are systematically using break as a tool of terror against the rue hinge of minority a. P. Reporters interviewed twenty nine women and girls from different places in myanmar and their accounts are very similar the News Agency Says the evidence supports the uns claim that the Myanmar Military is using systematic rape. Yes she say but devastated. Runnier i cant bear this pain anymore im unable to take my pain to the doctor im disturbed in my mind i cried all night last night no one knows that except. I cant even bend to pray thats whats really troubling me. This woman is one of those who have spoken out about what men in myanmar have been doing. Shes also one of many who have ended up pregnant her baby is all she has left in the whole world with that when the baby was conceived i knew i wasnt going to get rid of it because i dont have anyone in this world no mother no father no brother no sister only allah not really. All the others fear theyll lose what they do have. I was very worried crying a lot and my husband said had abandoned me a non muslim right she he said. Those trying to help say theyre seeing the tip of an iceberg of pain and shame the stories that theyre telling us and that not only the victims themselves but that other people are telling us about witnessing acts of Sexual Violence in myanmar make us feel that were only capturing a very small proportion of the victims but there have been that fifty people from the military fifty men came into the village surrounded it and stood in front of peoples doors in groups of three. Then they entered into the homes and started pulling out young girls from their homes and they began raping them and some came towards me and started beating me up when they attacked me with knives covered my mouth and my eyes and then pin me down and drink me i thought i had died and. I didnt think i want to live in this world for another day. For now her world is here a tent in a refugee camp there will be many more women behind these makeshift walls under these temporary roofs he will so have such terrible stories to tell. Youre watching the news still to come drumming up business the german president gets a warm welcome in ghana he was there to talk investment jobs and migration with one of germanys key allies in the region. Well efforts to crack down on top dog or on the agenda in brussels today helena first right terry european will make a set to discuss a final report on the paradise of papers today those revelations of course exposing the many ways that the wealthy including Global Leaders have exploited offshore tax systems to make it will then vote on recommendations for action and this comes after the e. U. Published its first ever blacklist of seventeen tax havens last week sparking some criticism that no e. U. Countries themselves have been named and shamed. The great. Britains Queen Elizabeth the second is among those named. And bono of rock band u two along with hundreds of famous names listed in the socalled Paradise Papers a catalogue of Shell Companies and offshore accounts used to camouflage the tax avoidance strategies of the ultra rich while usually legally watertight the strategies are frequently morally dubious transactions carried out through socalled tax havens with no or low tax regimes publishing a black list of seventeen countries deemed to be tax havens is seen as an important step by the e. U. Towards curtailing the practices. Critics Like InternationalAid Organization oxfam have been making their voices heard in brussels for them its no more than a first step in particular since the e. U. Wasnt even prepared to take responsibility for the tax codes of its own members we also found out that for you Member States are not fully compliant with the criterion for taxation meaning they are tracked a lot of the profits that did not seem to be made there thats problematic and thus far countries are marked out lets invert the netherlands and ireland yet not one of those countries is included in the e. U. Blacklist and none of those which are need fear sanctions for the moment either the e. U. Hopes that simply being listed will bring countries like panama or barbados or the u. A. E. Around to reforming their tax codes. Lets bring in a modest mind to now an analyst and director of the Tax Justice Network and marcus a lot of people see this european blacklist as a rather blunt instrument as that you have further means to enforce anything play a global taxation systems. Yes it definitely has i think this always all has been in the past the kates been found out to be their blunt and also weak and ineffective instrument to calm that scorched off tax havens so im not surprised that we ended up with namibia in tunisia on that least while its for instance a meeting and then moved on that list. The potential for reform of the tax hike in the offshore system and to bring transparency into it. Are embodied in that the recommendations that are being voted on tomorrow in European Parliament and this is a very promising new potential game changer that we are witnessing here in that report its really a very ambitious in its proposals and the potential to really transform the world that they say is just a report i mean what all concrete actions that can be taken. Theres a risk that these actions will be in the end watered down and vetoed that theres also some hope in the report in article one hundred sixteen of the european treaties there is an option to change from united mis voting to majority voting if there is a distortion of Market Competition to be discerned and determined and this is out of question the case with the tax havens who poacher profits from other nation states so we see that there is even a potential to overturn that each oh by those most at rest if he poaching the profits from other countries and in terms of concrete measures for instance we see the a. B. C. Off track spends ferentz he spelled out very clearly a fence for Automatic Information Exchange between Tax Administration and that b. Is beneficial only to real owners of companies trusts and foundations which should be called put on Public Record and then to see stands for country by country reporting by Multinational Companies somebody we can discern whether operations declared it profits without actually having a comic activity or if there is a me that i am and and therefore property shifting going on ok as a thing is european lawmakers going to vote on these sanctions when we know for example that Member States like multi and luxembourg probably wont want to that in the future face these you know measures themselves so are they likely to pass. I expect that with this new majority voting trade. That is provided for in the lisbon treaty there is an option to actually overturn and by majority voting to make progress in on that agenda why did it say sorry to interrupt that why dont they just put countries like mulcher noxon that on a blacklist. Its even more difficult to agree on a blacklist and on the on the on finding political of a backing for pointing fingers at some its also less effective because in the end you put it that the weakest politically weakest countries which cannot defend themselves properly and for insta