Lawyers who are representing his interests. And residents of towns in northeastern france accusing their belgian neighbors of illegally dumping tons of garbage across the border. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international and certainly glad to have you with us right now for employees of russias Sputnik News Agency in turkey have been released after questioning the editor in chief along with 3 others were detained in ankara and istanbul on saturday this follows nationalists trying to break into the homes of 3 sputnik employees in ankara we spoke to mark seem who is the head of the Sputnik Turkey Office and he will. A group of about 20 people came directly to each of our employees had their residential addresses they shouted threats and accusations against them after our colleagues went to the play station to report the incident we could not then reach them for many hours however according to the place their phones had not been taken from them right now we want to know how this crowd of nationalists found out the addresses of all our employees their names and surnames and the story did not end there today a group of Police Officers arrived and i is down below office as well as to the editor in chief of sputnik turkey now the police are making copies very employees hard drives as i understand it our article on the turkish problems of has served as the basis for the searches in the recent events i want to say that we will now take measures to maximize the securities of the employees working in our office earlier are to correspondent taylor spoke to my colleague you know harvey. Because he has been grabbing headlines in recent days youve seen this picture of migrants flooding across its border but this is another story from that its been slightly over looked so you 3 journalists who work for russia sputniks news agency in ankara have been released now off to several hours in Police Custody and thats because off to questioning no reason was found to hold them for i originally they actually went to the police of their own free will because they wanted to file a complaint about an alleged attack that theyd been victims to in that own homes on saturday and after that nothing was heard from them until now of course which understandably sparked a concern from. All of the turkish authorities to intervene provide safety to the Russian Media and ensure that all circumstances are clarified its also said that the editor in chief of the Istanbul Bureau was also detained by police and what some are calling a flagrant violation of Media Freedom its now being confirmed that he too has been released and that happened hes also thought to have searched the offices of the bureau you mentioned of the attacks in the homes of the euro zones sinister what details do we know about those well its alleged that they were not spontaneous attacks but rather a coordinated a fact and that they were instigated by turkish nationalists there are some reports saying that these nationalists gathered outside the private homes of these 3 journalists some of them even allegedly broke into them and they were chanting nationalist slogans and they also according to some stories versions they allegedly accuse these employees of betraying that country because they walk for the russian news outlet but why would that be such a still at sea towards these 3 wall unfortunate some in tukey are blaming russia for the deaths of dozens of soldiers and in a syrian recently thats despite the fact. That and quest come out and very clearly said that we know that the russian effort was in no way its also worth mentioning lets quickly listen to another motive that was suggested i condemned last nights threats an attempted attack against 3 turkey based sputnik journalists outside their homes in ankara also concerned that they were reportedly detained today over an. Authority to ensure the safety of foreign correspondents now the article in question is one in which a 939. 00 disputed referendum in the now tucker province of the thai is discussed with some suggestion that potentially it was waged by the tux but i do want to say that that has not been confirmed or stop just as a motive for these attacks but it is briefly was just saying that this is unfortunate not the 1st time that sputnik has faced problems in 2016 for example the news website was temporarily blocked by the countrys Telecom Regulator as this latest turn of events would of course be keeping an eye on it and see how it all plays out well turkey is not a model country regarding the treatment of its own journalists thousands have been thrown in jail. There are dozens remain in exile because they know that they too will be imprisoned if they do go back so the fact that they also do it to foreign media is not surprising the reason Vienna Convention regarding the door to diplomats and most countries respect. And voices and better goes about for journalists. Not so clear and reporters are usually working democracy host governments and if the media cannot operate just because their country of origin is no. Friction with the other country thats very wary some and perhaps turkey has something to hide. Athens is deploying extra soldiers to its border with turkey in a bid to prevent refugees from crossing into greece thats as thousands continue to mass on the frontier and tensions have escalated over the weekend with clashes erupting between police and migrants following turkeys decision on saturday to open its doors to europe. Was. 7 arrested in the. In my mind this is me go away during one country. Turkey has seen a growing sea of migrants crossing its borders have decision to step up its intervention in the northern part of syria despite a deal reached with the e. U. In 2016 turkey now says it will no longer restrain hundreds of thousands of Asylum Seekers on its territory from reaching the e. U. Meanwhile greece says it has blocked some 10000 migrants from illegally crossing its border but thousands more remain massed along it the greek government has accused the turkey of using the migrant surge to pressure europe over the syrian conflict and a spokesperson for athens called the element a threat to the National Security of the country the escalating situation now poses the toughest test for greece since the 2015 financial crisis middle east analyst. Believes the refugee problem will not end as long as fighting continues in syria. They were earlier than once to the turkish authorities and some cover for they operate sions immediately they want europe to become a stakeholder for the thing out of operation say apparently that they want to make sure that no more refugees will cross the border between syria and turkey and that in a sense just defies for them arming the likes of journalism a strong feeling against the syrian army profile and this consolidating the problem rather than solving the problem because the only way this problem is going to be solved by sea rather storing its you know territorial integrity and people going back to their homes as long as there is fighting and there would always be fighting as long as there is a bit of syrian land outside Syrian Government control as long as there is fighting there will always be a few g. s. The 1st phase of joining us on u. S. Extradition case wrapped up this week the decision on whether he will be handed over or not will be reached in may when further hearings are scheduled now the prosecution argued that assad knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published troves of classified u. S. Military files without redacting names and other Sensitive Information washington claims that following those leaks in 2010 sources disappeared in iraq afghanistan and iran ricky leaks founder is also accused of encouraging the whistleblower and Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to hack the pentagons Computer Network no songes defense team has sought however to counter those allegations buttressing their case with previously undisclosed information they claim that the publisher actually warned of then secretary of state Hillary Clinton about the leaks so as to ensure the safety of the individuals whose names appeared in the documents they have also stressed that assad his activities are protected by the principles of press freedom and his lawyers have strongly rejected to be ascertained that he encouraged manning to hack into the pentagon furthermore they say extradition would undermine their Clients Health now during at the hearing was held in a glass cage so he says he was also prevented from talking to his lawyers we heard from one of. A songe was in a grave condition before court but during the extradition proceedings that got even worse he was being held in a seethrough room without any access to his lawyers and while he was being delivered to this room he was handcuffed 11 times he underwent a full body search twice and went through 5 different rooms before he finally entered the court moreover a songe couldnt take part in the Court Process he was deprived of any kind of interaction with his lawyers and he tried to reach out to be by passing a piece of paper through a gap in the glass box he was being held in and he was told off by the guard because of that i mean this is inconceivable how can a person be in Court Without being able to interact or communicate with his lawyers who are representing his interests. Throughout the week join us songes supporters have been protesting outside the court claiming that the case is a test of fundamental press freedoms and called on london and washington not to quote shoot the messenger. The pentagon the new admitted. In chose the many straws the body had been for the release or so why arent we discussing the harm that was released there was revealed by the releases of which is in 20102011 why arent we here talking in court about the war crimes yes as a nation of innocent civilians by the military the slaughtering of reuters journalists that is why we should be talking about in a courtroom in this country and in america you know you say what why is everybody here today theyre here because they dont believe. Stream narrative we spoke to politician broadcaster and former british m. P. George galloway about concerns surrounding the freedom of the press. Do then our sons is a friend of mine and thats not the Julian Assange sitting in the courtroom this man is mentally and physically shrunken and how could it be otherwise after a whole decade of this cruel and unusual punishment who will volunteer to be the next julian a son who will receive evidence which checks out as being true of high crimes and misdemeanors by the Us Government or any government for that matter including our own and then report it to the public there will be there would have to be either foolhardy or extremely brave because if they did so they run a very high risk of ending up in a bullet proof box in Woolwich Crown for facing extradition and the rest of your life in prison in the United States trust me that wont have a Chilling Effect on free journalism in the world it will have a killing effect. Chalons in northeastern france accused their belgian neighbors of illegally dumping rubbish across the border that story much more after a short break you are watching international. Join me every 1st date on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. You know we talk a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency really what makes a currency is scarcity for example gold is a currency its money because its scarce thats the primary reason people use it as money keynesian economics or socialism is usually unworkable because the people who are organizing it think that well you can just print all the money you need you need a program print more money theres socialism for banks on wall street as was pointed out recently one of the big president ial debates you know bank gets in trouble just print more money well whats the ultimate scarce commodity what is the ultimate scarce commodity you think about it what is the ultimate scarce commodity. Are welcome back this is our international so tons of garbage from belgium is being illegally dumped across the border into france this according to people in france and the mountains of trash have left locals fearing for their health he picks up the story. This may look like part of a landfill site but its not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. There fro everything away. Yes but here we see its far more serious we estimate around 200 tons of waste its enormous as far as the pollution we dont know whats inside it could be tons of who knows what type of products chemicals. We dont know we see cleaning products plastics but more could be hidden it didnt take long before locals track down where the waste was coming from what if we did i was looking through the trash piles and piles of it it all had signs of being from the same place we searched and found out it was from pond term. And that if so heres an invoice is it and. Im very near it says. So of s. When the company was contacted it denied any knowledge of illegal waste dumping but the local resident jessica told me that since that statement the fly tipping has continued its been described as a dumping on an industrial scale and you can see why back in redone the local. Association is also concerned. On the water source or close to this pollution so there could be a problem because it could affect our pond this is the 21st century there are designated places to put waste like this its an acceptable people are doing this and regulate the Mayors Office says the cost of cleaning this up is beyond its means no need of yourself on a financial level for us this is impossible to solve we have a Small Community of 1000. 00 people it would cost the equivalent of the whole annual budget to get rid of this. A criminal investigation into this problem with cross border dumping has we know you print and customs agents have stepped up their patrols now in 2017 they reported that 7 metric tons of waste like this was illegally trafficked into france in 2018 that shot up to 130000000 metric tons now although there are no figures yet available for 29000 it is clear that this issue is escalating the communities here are fed up of being a dumping ground for of the peoples waste they want more regulation and a calling on the e. U. To step in to solve a problem that some believe europes open borders are helping to facilitate. Ski r. T. Germany has lifted a ban on the commercial practice of euthanasia but critics fear the right to die will now be exploited for profit peter all over takes a look. Almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the Constitutional Court in culture is said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the Constitutional Court means is that thats being overturned and not only could Companies Offer euthanasia but that advertising for the deaf could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesdays court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme pain and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within Palliative Care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal Service Anyone who allows you to nature will sooner or later make it compulsory to die especially in this society is economize designers knowledge of experience across all other countries shows that supply creates demand immediately following the ruling politicians are asking what situations this will be allowed in also what the commercial implications will be for companies wanting to get involved in the euthanasia business i want clear rules about when medical assistance in particular is allowed and when commercial offerings are excluded it is perfectly normal for people who have a terminal diagnosis to feel suicide in fact some of the studies show that i have 80 percent go through a period of depression with some sort of sidle thoughts and so what we should be doing is trying to find ways to assist those people in getting through that period and actually. Being their lives rather than promoting assisted suicide nouther nicias services so we would be extremely worried about any commercialization all round the process or indeed promotion that would lead to many fine reports people feeling that their lives were not worth living and actually ending them prematurely highest people here in berlin what their thoughts d are on the ruling of whether this is right for germany its not a commercial thing dying it its something that needs care security it needs. Yes professionalism i think there are certain things that you cannot put to sale to people like its not a business you pay for yes i know want to commit suicide but im suffering i want to end my life you cannot do that to pay for it seems to me there was very bad incentives there if for example as advertising as i do targets people who are already having a hard time it could lead to people considering suicide more strongly i dont disagree with the physician assisted suicide just because like there are certain aspe