To the world this is your r. T. International hello and welcome to the program you know me with this hour. Tensions continue to rise on the border between greece and turkey where a buildup of migrants is being described as a threat to its National Security turkey opened its border with the e. U. On saturday leading tens of thousands to head there. Deployed extra soldiers going to increase that it turned violent clashes between police. Because. 7 i. Always go to the greek kodori who grieve and the rest of the. Un in my mind this is me go away one turning one country. Well turkeys this isnt is laying to the increase of its military presence in syria on its southern border now it violates a deal reached with the e. U. In 2016 under which on critics charge of millions of Asylum Seekers in return for Financial Aid turkey is accusing europe of not fulfilling its promises by the way it also sais say it cannot cope with the amount of people fleeing syrias war greece ace it has already blocked more than 10000. 00 migrants from a legally crossing its border the greek government also claims turkey is using the migrant crisis to put pressure on europe over the syrian conflict now migrant struck at the border have been describing how they see the situation. Nader just ordered that turkey has opened its doors but greek soldiers are blocking the refugees they wont let them cross there are kids there everyone is waiting in the cold at the border yes on the ground like theyre allowed to do because. The border is ok by greece and i mean i have an open and then its unclear what will happen next i want to start on a limb when we arrived at the border the police bombarded us and killed several children at the border shot and that is causing a lot of problems. For using tear gas against us several children were killed we have critical conditions in the shelters yes the greeks arent helping us they were teasing us and if that. Middle east analysts them are what caf believes the refugee problem wont end until syria regains control of its territory. Earlier than once what the turkish authorities want is some cover for their operators immediately they want europe to become a stakeholder for their operations say apparently that they want to make sure that no more refugees would cross the border between syria and turkey and that in a sense justifies for them farming the likes of job as mr. Against the syrian army proper hands consolidating the problem rather than solving the problem because the only way this problem is going to be solved by syria for storing its you know territorial integrity and people going back to their homes as long as there is fighting and there will 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 refugees hes just blackmailing europe in order to effect some cease fire in his lip and prolong this suffering for we dont know god knows how many years. Long until supported peace deal between the u. S. The taliban too in the almost 2 decade long war in afghanistan has hit ertl the afghan president slum their proposed release of 5000 taliban prisoners however u. S. Secretary of state might bump you and says all is under control. So our so there have been expected it actually happened there have been prisoner releases from both sides before weve managed to figure our path forward. Well under the current terms the u. S. Pledges to cut its troops by around a 3rd to 8600. 00 by the middle of this year it also states that the pentagon will pull out that remaining contingent within 14 months depending on taliban cooperation so the question remains will the agreement hold Saskia Taylor takes us through the story. 18 here is 1. 00 trillion dollars over 150000. 00 dead for raf gonna start in the us the road to peace has been long bloody and costly but a new dawn is on the horizon and its being hailed as a victory we. Have been there for them. If you rush or theres already today even. The new force if you get that close im sure. That her reading comprehension is are we achieve this is for peace im going to get you but im going to. The deal signed by washington and the taliban has promised to bring to a close what seemed and on the ending a war times many thought it wouldnt happen the deal has come after 18 months of pulling and tugging of head shakes and walking away but in doha the paper was finally signed and it seemed to be one of those rarest situations where in parties involved were happy well almost all because apparently someone forgot to ask the Afghan Government what its take was fun spoiler a lot its got a few concerns the in could barely dry it on the deal when the afghan president vetoed a key roles the release of 5000 taliban militants as part of a prisoner swap. There is no commitment to release 5000 prisoners i have shared this with dr colleagues this is the right and the decision of the people of afghanistan to share their. Have requested and this is it could be included in the agenda of the interim afghan talks but it cannot be a prerequisite for talks. Now this is not a side note to the deal it is in fact to the condition on which intra afghan peace talks will start of each other for threatens to bring this entire thing grinding to a halt president gone his reaction there shows how washington has missed the point here that signing the piece of paper is ironically the easiest part and the promising prisoners which on yours is as unhelpful as dropping dumonds that the taliban officially recognize gone his government about a gun the government was not even invited to the negotiating. Participated but only puts paid to. A lot of the government resent that theyve got those ordinary afghans and that in itself is a very significant indication of how the situation was that the president got he said these we have been fighting followed by. About 80 to 90 percent of the. Battles are being raised by afghan troops or basically. Well paul obama or anybody else up to deal with government so this is maybe one of the hurdles. But lets not forget the u. S. Is an old hound pretending to be the peacemakers even when its cause the mess in the 1st place and with an election just around the coup want to trump probably wouldnt be against adding to his eye make great things happen rhetoric sure has middle east deal of the central us the boom and kim jong un isnt quite ready to step away from his Nuclear Rockets but trump got his photos and it seems hes already eyeing up his next money shots be meeting personally with taliban leaders in the not too distant future. And well. Be. Very much hoping that they will be doing what they say theyre going to be doing they will be killing terrorists when in doubt sign a deal pose for a photo then crowd yourself victor eve others to figure out the logistics tried and tested. For employees of russias Sputnik News Agency in turkey have been released after questioning the editor in chief and 3 others were detained in all this than ball on saturday follows nationalists trying to break into the homes of 3 sputnik employees in ankara we spoke to head of the Sputnik Turkey Office in istanbul. A group of about 20 people came directly to each of our employees at their residential addresses they shouted threats and accusations against them look after our colleagues went to the Police Station to report the incident we could not then reach them for many hours however according to the police 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 of our employees their names and surnames understory did not and then today a group of Police Officers arrived at our Istanbul Office as well as to the editor in chief of turkey now the police are making copies of our employees hard drives as i understand it article on the turkish province of how time served as the basis for the searches given the recent events i want to say that we will now take measures to maximize the security of our employees working in our office the staff the tension came after sputnik published an article describing how turkey was given a piece of syrian territory 18 years ago when it was still a french colony the Russian Foreign ministry and a spokesperson for the European Security organization the west sea were quick to condemn turkeys actions. The attack on the employees of the Turkish Bureau news agency and their detention is a gross violation of the rights of journalists this represents a significant encroachments on freedom of expression in Media Freedom of the country it is paramount that the authorities ensure the safety of foreign correspondents at all times including during conflicts more Russian Media outlets have come under pressure in turkey before in 2016 following critical comments by Vladimir Putin about the turkish leadership but their website was blocked by turkeys internet regulator but the general secretary of the European Federation of journalists was on this program earlier he told me the new staff were being used as collateral in a bigger political. Key is well known. For attacking arresting journalists but in this case. But by the fact that there was no reason at all no objective reason i mean to detain and arrest these journalists i think its a clear case of intimidation and maybe its not the last one the Journalists Union in turkey strongly condemned these actions against journalists working for Russian Media in into a case or from the Journalistic Community i would say that we have an enormous in and then you know on this case its a clear case of arrest meant intimidation we strongly condemn it i dont see any reason for that kind of escalation and i fear as well and its going to sion between both states i believe that these journalists are being for the tension between key and russia in syria and particularly in need leap province. Thats and i think there is a kind of instrument delays ation of the police legal actions not for journalists agree. But for political reasons. Theres been a backlash against sexual minority rights in poland where a 3rd of municipalities have occurred themselves l g b t free zones. Correspondent has been looking at how the move clashes with the wider cornerstone ethos of shared european values. In its simplest terms the idea of the e. U. Is one of many countries working together under one umbrella towards a common landscape yet you dont have to scratch far below the surface to find divisions what seems to be becoming more clearly etched is the divide between the west and the east in the latest round of disconnect between the values of the east and west the focus has turned to l g b t rights anti l g b t sentiment has been on the rise in poland. Now in poland nearly 100. 00 miscible local governments have a claimed himself to be free from l g b t ideology covering an area that some say is up to a 3rd of the country it follows a come pain by polands ruling norton Justice Party which declared this type of ideology was an invasive foreign influence that undermines traditional values the European Commission has been quick to react we cannot allow the distribution of algae b. T. I. Free zones take us or the adoption of. Resolutions and not feel responsible for the next phase where physical attacks that take place even if they are then carried out by other people one french town was so incensed by the backward nature of anti l. G. P. T. Right after 25 years of being twinned with the polish town its taken drastic action and suspended ties francis committed to calm things Human Rights Violations based on sexual orientation. We cannot accept that the ties that unite our 2 suiters through an oath of winning should be tainted we condemned the position taken by. But in poland there is real concern about the promotion of l g b t ideology the shore themselves too much these people the people have been round all the time and they didnt boast about it i did a child can grow up in a normal gay family have 2 fathers or 2 mothers have a good indication travel around the world know languages and theyre good and interest and very soon it was your children or their children grow up in a family of a father mother i know this from my own experience one recent poll found the biggest threat concerning young polish men was the l g b t movement and gender ideology and its not just an issue in poland but a recent festival in kuwait show residents were filmed cheering the burning of an effigy of a gay couple. The annual review by the european of the International Lesbian gay bisexual trans and into Sex Association also accuse several other countries of growing official hate speech by government officials countries singled out included belgariad the Czech Republic hungary and slovakia in hungary for example it said there was a decrease in the social acceptance of homosexuality the eurobarometer 2019 found that hungary was one of a handful of e. U. Countries where the social acceptance of l. G. B. People has decreased since 2015 following bowl garia on gary ins were also the least supportive of legal gender recognition or 3rd option gender markers. Some have to school i this disconnect between eastern and western e. U. States as being a king to still having an eye in curtin and while the e. U. Is currently facing off with an internal battle over its budget in the often wealth of braggs it perhaps the real problems it faces a far more in cranes in the cultural differences of its Member States charlotte deep in ski ati in paris. On the way to the russian teenager whose condition mean she cannot feel pain but its far from a blessing for her and her family the girls mother explains among her stories are after this break. Join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. You know we talked a lot on the show many years about economy and currencies and what makes a currency usually what makes a currency a 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 a bank gets in trouble just print more money well whats the ultimate scarce commodity what is the ultimate scarce commodity think about it what is the ultimate scarce commodity. 20 minutes into the hour youre very welcome back a major German University is under pressure from the government to drop iran half a 1000000 euro it receives in funding from china critics claim that cash could buy favor for beijing and compromise the Research Conducted there with more and heres our europe correspondent peter all over. When is funding for education anything good thing or when the money comes from the Chinese Governments apparently one of germanys premier in situ learning has come under fire for accepting donations from the Chinese Government 1000000000 d authorities of the Free University of. To reconsider a half a 1000000 you wrote nation to set up a Chinese Teacher Training Program they say it could stop academics being critical of china the university themselves though say it has no influence whatsoever so far the Free University has in no way been restricted in its actions all comments regarding Chinese Government policy or Academic Freedom in china as a result of the funding from hand see no skepticism is nothing new there is an ever growing list of high profile cases where western nations that become uncomfortable of a perceived creeping chinese influence. I think every college should be aware of what these institutes are used for and and that they are in fact consistently been used as a way to quash Academic Freedom on campus at the behest of the Foreign Government and i would encourage every College American to close and theres no need for these programs. To Free University of brussels will not extend its contract with the Confucius Institute a continuation of the cooperation is not in line with its principles of free research. With the Chinese Government frequently criticized in the west should universities be accepting them money at all is there a risk with University Departments flush with beijings books they could turn a blind eye to more complex parts of chinese history or should universities accept donations from Foreign Governments. Sure if its for the good of the students for a state. To put that money they can also decide on the. Because because they began they said to stop giving money is a very quickly and that their mind the Research Program or whats going on if there is no funding then there might be nothing being done so with funding even with some challenges maybe there can be some progress there might be the possibility of. Their findings have an effect on how things are taught our perspectives that are stopped. For having an International Perspective creating links and seeking the best funding opportunities so that german students have the opportunity to study in china and vice versa. The vast majority of undergraduate courses offered by the Free University of berlin as the name suggests are free to students however the running of the university itself isnt that begs the question should universities accept donations from Foreign Governments particularly those governments that western powers deem to have the ferias intentions peter all of a r. T. Police in the philippines are tackling a hostage situation at a Shopping Mall just the capital manila a stock Security Guard is Holding Around 30 employees a gunpoint after a partly trying to rally former colleagues to take action against mall monitors the district murray told reporters that one person has been shot and is in hospital the Shopping Malls being sealed. Also is really is are voting for an unprecedented 3rd time in less than a year the parliamentary elections are another test for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu battles corruption changes opinion polls predict another stalemate with his main rival the centrist benny gantz. Stuff and frances biggest tourist attraction aloof force the worlds most visited museums to close over a fear of. Spreading the coronavirus the country is dealing with a rod 100. 00 cases as witness to that will either run a member of the supreme Leaders Advisory Council has died from the virus. To not feel physical pain might someone like a gift but for one russian teenager it is anything but she was born with an extremely rare disorder that means shes only able to feel pain or gauge temperature its left feet in your all from dagestan completely reliant on her mother. In the us lynch asylum member when she was little and her t. s were about to come alis my son came up to me and said some shes bleeding and was strange to me because i couldnt figure out where it was coming from the full as it turned out she had beaten her tongue into it was like a snake after a while her tongue split into. The british. Just looked up the mud is that when the diagnostic scheme i was shocked my life completely changed from that moment is present pain is our protection only getting burnt breaks something when we fall brain gets a signal that there is a problem that our body needs protection my girl does not receive that signal and shes defenseless. This is a. Very extreme limit of pressure that means this isnt a push it isnt a good thing but the it is that right or. Leon i see you im not giving up i want to improve her quality of life im always going to be there for her and i dont want her to you know as a rule when i least want political. I mean is quite extraordinary story well theres a lot for no a done deal hawkins is busy preparing all the latest updates though in the newsroom well bring them to you in just over 30 hope youll join him at all season. Why do we go to war because we view the key to Economic Growth as oil and energy we go to war is Vice President cheney said for the oil thats why they invaded iraq for the oil thats why trump says the one thing we want syria we really dont want to go to war with russia we want to just control the oil. And the gas lines and the pipeline through afghanistan so the military is really an extension of controlling a world of energy and oil. Im not sure if thats where were going on the ground as u. K. E. U. Trade talks begin today to determine a future while they do nation media continues to look away from the case of arbitrarily detained in the sunshine which may determine the end of free speech in britain coming up on the show deputy leader of the left in the german bundestag 7 document calls on labor leadership candidate gets accused of persecution of jews to see for himself in court what the u. N. Calls an arbitrary detention of the founder of wiki leaks plus forget the coronavirus. Well breaks it off doubts on multinational Chemical Companies catalyze mass insect extinction all this more coming up in todays going underground but 1st what was it actually like to sit in a london Court Last Week watching an alleged travesty of justice as arbitrarily detained and tortured wiki leaks founder Julian Assange fought for his freedom one International Observer was the deputy leader of the left party in the german bundestag 7 dag dillon who along with 32 other m. P. s from 12 different e. U. Countries witnessed arguably the most important trial of the century so far thanks so much for coming to our studio in london rather than in berlin even before the trial doctors were saying he may die at any moment what was it like in court. Terrible in many ways its just you know im really appalled about the situation and the conditions even for us International Observers i have seen so many trials worldwide
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