in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's their city being liberated they understand what they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price and avoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we are the good guys and munitions people on the battlefield the different. persons home secretary amber rudd has called for the police to be granted the time interest or says to probe the poisoning of former russian spy said ok screen pal and his daughter yulia. there are over two hundred fifty counterterrorism police from eight out of our levon counterterrorism units involved there's over two hundred witnesses involved and there's over two hundred forty pieces of evidence so we need to give the police and all the investigative parts around them the space to get on with that. or the statement followed a cabinet meeting on the nerve agent attack in salz

in syria, the biggest evacuation yet. more than 5000 rebels and civilians have been evacuated following five weeks of government robbing -- government bombing. stormy daniels says she was threatatened to keep quiet about her legend sexual encounter with donald trump 12 years ago. breaking her silence on an interview with 60 minutes. time for a look at today's business news. you're going to start with the latest trade tensions. >> china last out at the u.s. over what it called economic intimidation. that is after president trump threreatened to of -- then toto impose tariffs o of $60 millionn chinese imports. behind-t-the-scenes talks have been taking place between beijing and washington. salinas likes has the story. >> after days of harsh words, washington and beijing have reportedly started behind-the-scenes negotiations on trade. potential released to the markets rattled by fear of a trade war after the u.s. announced plans to hit china with plans -- with tariffs. aiming to address is $350 billion -- it's $350 billion t

and western leaders are increasing the pressure on syria's government and its ally russia to curb the bloodshed in eastern due to rebel held on klav me the syrian capital has been in the fierce bombardment for more than a week with little relief from the united nations mandated cease fire where this is a promise they report says in fighting are not being on it and civilians don't trust the vehicles being sent to ferry them out. there waiting for the besieged masses. not a single soul comes. it's the fourth day the syrian red crescent and the russian military have waited in vain. for the daily five hour truce is having no effect the thirty day ceasefire brokered by the un last week is not being honored as the death toll mounts so does the outrage. there are no longer words adequate to describe the brutality of the regime's attacks on its own population the horror of this situation has surpassed even the ability of the english language to describe it many of these attacks violate the laws of armed conflict and those that commit them must be held accountable syria must be referred to the

russia's defense ministry claims extremist groups in syria are planning to frame chemical attacks to give the us a pretext to strike the assad government. that has rebel control of the syrian area of eastern crumbles over forty eight thousand civilians fleeing through humanitarian corridors. moscow expels twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the new pay in response to the president's alleged poisoning of former spy senator and his daughter. doesn't want one long one i mean my son donald trump behavior my for. my parents. because of pressure i left my village for. an afghan couple who names their son donald trump to say they've been forced to move away from that town because of the fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. russia's defense ministry says rebel groups in syria have been armed with chemical weapons and a preparing to frame attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes against bashar al assad's government r.t.s. what does the of has

ukraine i think is is quite serious and the americans seem quite happy to escalate this they are in syria again situation is quite dangerous there americans are shooting at russians any one of these could spiral out of control so the front lines of this new. cold war are now much closer to russia and. much more dangerous so and i think which wasn't true during the cold war the original cold war there is a feeling among policymakers in washington that russia is basically very weak and that in any armed confrontation between america and russia america would win pretty easily and that there then the russians would have only one resort which is to escalate and you clear weapons but there they already think the russians would risk doing anything that's so foolish and therefore awful just simply back down and accept the u.s. had germany and realize that there's no way in the world that they can ever rival the united states and i think this is very dangerous there is some kind of calculation like this going on in the among policymakers in mary weigh in on that because you know you know i get may

presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal and it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. americans want one get and they think by bombardment selective targets they favor is better to manage to failure rather than to advance their i gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the american strategy in syria has failed but that an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could attract the attention of the world because i think we would both agree that donald trump has a propensity towards showing off so if indeed he proceeds with delivering and not a strike on syria how do you think russia should respond why. none of us knew iran or russia they have interes

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more than fifty civilians have been able to leave syria's eastern give to a humanitarian corridor or but the enclave remains extremely volatile after the syrian government launched a military operation against the terrorists in control of the district. has more on the latest developments this was a gamble against all ords out of four hundred. thousand people trapped in a war zone these fifteen are the first group to flee eastern ghouta militants in control of the area have let them out almost two weeks after russia and syria opened humanitarian corridors not an act of good world on behalf of the rebel factions but part of a deal russia and syria led some anti government fighters safely flee with their families and in exchange fighters in ghouta would allow fifty civilians to leave the war zone as well be the best place we've been suffering horribly for seven years we all stayed neutral in misrata we couldn't lean can do anything they didn't lattice live controlled pressure on us to leave the mystery natural she'd we haven't seen any of them to us we haven't seen any money nothing the

areas in syria where very intense fighting is going on and hundreds of thousands. of thousands of people are in dire need of a season that protection so what is the strategy for groups such as it was now it is just a waste and so that there was a pause in the the nationalw which actually. and i was people during. times of conflict to have access to basic needs so we should be able to work at in the meets of conflict that is the mandate and mission of organization like ours. and that is also why he on a daily basis we are negotiating access. to people in the most difficult and hard to reach areas and that is becoming increasingly difficult as is seen in syria. it's always been difficult about at the same time if i look at the world we have managed to last year we have crossed the frontlines at fifty one times. and be managed to as he's up to three million people so ash the sewage trs claimed responsibility for the attack which left him on home to it. which did into several of his guards. palestinian authority says it holds how. the group does it on the street respon

a group of militants has left the siege enclave of eastern go to in syria through humanitarian corridors this comes after talks brokered by moscow this video shows the militants leaving the area through the exit route of being escorted out of the area by syrian soldiers. holkins as more. sudden development in today given the deadlock over the past weeks and months in the region two pieces of news coming out of the first group of thirteen armed militants and their families leaving the area through one of those russian military syrian government organized checkpoints those safety codes offered to civilians and fighters to leave the area should they wish to do so now this is significant because prior to this all offers by the russian military and the syrian government were rejected by rebel groups in the region despite unverified video showing of flyers being dropped over the towns and the city in the area no groups have taken up that office so far and civilians allegedly have also been prevented from leaving the area through those corridors because of shelling to those roads now all of the

or staying in the region some one million syrian refugees have fled to lebanon since the war in syria broke out seven years ago many of them are children aid groups are of course helping them including deal with their trauma that through creativity and now a beirut exhibit is featuring our work inspired by their poems and their stories. sent us this. why are those who really fled the war in syria four years ago after her home in homes was bombed she and her family now live in this lebanese refugee camp mike and. even when she first got to lebanon while worked back in boxes earning just four dollars a day then an engineer or called beyond rescued her from that job and got her into a school near the camp. today the sixteen year old is about to head out to her poetry class. a lot more. when i of michael's. after years of trauma and uncertainty while it is beginning to find her voice and she's learning to write a verse for the first time in her life. because. nelly we have a generation whose life is lost because dreams have been broken by war we are the generation that has grown but too s

theing in syria. this comes after a two-month offensive push. turkey says it' all kurdish militias are pushed out of the border region. kurdish militias are pledging to retake the troll of the city. take took the syrian city of afrin. turkey says themiliti are terro. are now returning home. >> when we can, we were afraid. m men who do not even speak to us who just told us to go on. they did not even search us. reporter: 280 since e e start the operation. turkey denies this. turkey is an ally the united states in the attack against >> we call on the united nations, the european council, the europeaninternational coali, islamic countries, and the international community to take steps to immediately avert tragedy and afrin. >> local ypgseseseseseseseseseso strike back. then says it will clear kurdish militia from all of northern syria. molly: at least four people e he attackedhe turkishmbassy in copenhagen. they caused minor damage to the front of the building. there are no reports of injuries. the perpetrators fled when a place the day after the t

presence in syria northern part of syria is illegal it is against international law he scored different from the russian collaboration with the syrian government which is based on mutual acceptance reliance. america's war one good and the thing by bombardment the selective targets they favor is better to money. rather than to advance gresham but mr larijani what i'm asking you about is not so much about the american actions but about what actions should russia take in response to this potential act of aggression you you mentioned that you believe and i think again this assessment is shared by many in moscow that the american strategy in syria has failed but an argument could be made that that would make the united states even more predisposed to desperate actions or. actions that could attract the attention of the world because i think we would both agree that donald trump has a propensity towards showing off so if indeed he proceeds with delivering and not a strike on syria how do you think russia should respond why. none of us knew iran or russia they have interest in expanding the mi

they can oblige in while europe is now dealing with the families of ice all fighters returning from syria and iraq after the fall of the caliphate some states like france of unveiled plans to start the reintegration process at schools. the reports from paris on the threat posed by radicalized children they're just children born innocent into a world of brutality. but while most children are playing with dolls and because these are being taught to play with guns and knives and some have even been trained to kill. well i mean it would depend on each individual it should be up to the kind of folks the cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that will be that moment to. go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authoriti

that says rebel control of syria's eastern. over forty eight thousand civilians flee the stricken region through humanitarian corridor. also this hour moscow expelled twenty three british diplomats mirroring the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. says i want. my son donald trump the behavior of my family my parents. because of pressure i left my village for. all who. say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of a fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. to live with me. now in moscow wherever you are welcome to today's program russia's defense ministry has said rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria they say they are preparing to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the us to carry out airstrikes against bashar assad's government one of the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been pr

because this story in wiltshire has moved syria off the front pages something apparently is still going on in good the russians are saying that it is the u.k. linked islam is of ghouta that he have the chemical weapons linked to. his sleeve to the government here in governing. i think it's extremely important for everyone parliament and the british public to start to understand what is going on at the moment in a broader geo political context and you're absolutely right to highlight the issue of syria here the west at this point in time appears to be facing strategic failure in syria in terms of the military operations in the attempts to overthrow the assad regime and what we're beginning to see in a city indications coming out of the areas which the syrian arab army moved into are for example fines of chlorine which have been held by the rebel groups now of course we've had this constant political charged constant charge being leveled sad and the russian government and the sad regime for the use of banned weapons in the syrian conflict but we know that the rebels have been using them a

receive next hour with a complete look at today's top stories well up next we have placed korea on syria at a crossroads cross-talk ways that president obama's policies toward his country's. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle from north korea to syria's president donald trump's foreign policy is literally all over the map north korea says it is open to direct talks with washington only to be met with preconditions in syria where the u.s. has no legal right to be in the first place peace is within view but this is not what the trumpet ministration want. cross talking missing diplomacy i'm joined by my guest in washington he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center in new york we have daniel is our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime

a group of ananda militants have left the besieged enclave of eastern gusa in syria through humanitarian corridors this comes after talks brokered by moscow this video shows the militants leaving the area through the exit route they're being escorted out of the area by syrian soldiers artie's daniel hawkins as well. sudden development today given the deadlock over the past weeks and months in the region two pieces of news coming out of the first group of thirteen on armed militants and their families leaving the area through one of those russian military syrian government organized checkpoints those safety codes offered to civilians and fighters to leave the area should they wish to do so now this is significant because prior to this all offers by the russian military and the syrian government were rejected by rebel groups in the region despite unverified video shown of flyers being dropped over the towns and the city in the area no groups have taken up that office so far and civilians allegedly have also been prevented from leaving the area through those corridors because of shelling to

syria's eastern ghouta after talks by the syrian military and its allies thirty five others have also died after a rocket fired by rebels landed in a market in government control damascus police in the u.s. state of texas are responding to an explosion at a charity store in austin they are on high alert after a series of bombings in the state this month but say the latest incident is not related this comes after a package bomb filled with nails and shrapnel exploded at a fed ex distribution center early on tuesday. this was not an explosive device this incident is not related to any of the other incidents that we've had here in austin this was a all military type ordinance that initiated in this person's hand and it did cause injury and south korea's president says a three party meeting with the u.s. and north korea may be possible when jane is expected to meet north korean leader kim jong il or next month the u.s. president donald trump has said he's also willing to meet his north korean counterpart in the near future you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next

seventeen civilians managed to flee the militant controlled district of eastern in syria as the united nations welcomes a ceasefire that's mileage to hold in the city for a week. couple who named donald trump get backlash from relatives and neighbors and say they've been forced to move from their hometown. to am in boston five pm in melbourne and nine in the morning right here in moscow welcome to r.t. international my name's union o'neill our top story russia say's it's ready to annoy tory measures against the u.k. after britain expelled twenty three russian diplomats following accusations it was moscow who was behind the poisoning of a former spy his daughter. requested some of the nerve agent said to have been used against the per but didn't get any response from britain it also said it was willing to help with the investigation again no unser moscow has now launched its own criminal case into the attempted murder of. who's a russian citizen even though the british investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing u.k. officials are already turning their words into action jacqueline

which will enable armed rebel groups from that area to be evacuated north province where rebels in syria effectively have the last power base this evacuation may be complete over the next forty eight hours or so depending of course on comes with all the rebel groups in the area and what are the details then has the russian defense ministry given here the areas under a patchwork of rebel control those many different groups operating there some of them for example far as we understand have agreed to the service of this agreement they will voluntarily hand over details information maps or any minefields that are in the area any booby traps they will clear roadblocks them able that humanitarian assistance to get in others josel islam one of the groups in the area as well so far unconfirmed as to whether they will add here to those times they themselves so far have denied that at least in the social media nevertheless though this is of course a big step forward with regard to humanitarian efforts to what is planned well that's been one of the key concerns you think you've just been the focus

russia's the french ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria are planning to stage false flag chemical attacks to give the us a pretext for directly striking that assad government. that rebel control of syria's eastern due to crumble sound over forty thousand civilians flee the stricken region through humanitarian corridors. also in today's news. twenty three british diplomats that of course mirrors the steps taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. the moment when i named my son donald trump the behavior of my family my parents because of pressure left my village for example. and also this hour an afghan couple who named their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from him because of fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. so their work and so are the live from eight pm here on. welcome to the program russia's defense ministry says rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria planning to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes. representatives

ok i want to turn our attention now to syria where civilians are continuing to flee the militant held region of east ghouta through russia sponsored humanitarian corridors and what you're seeing now are live pictures from one of the to escape routes crowds of people crossing into the government controlled area had been a very busy morning there just after may day in syria well over the last three days seventeen thousand people have managed to flee thousands more are expected to leave over the course of saturday it is the biggest single existence fighting escalated last month at the first to make it to safety were children women the injured according to the russian defense ministry and of course those children and he went under the age of seven haven't known anything but war in their entire existence this could be a very new start for them you know the people walking over there as you can see there with probably all his belongings where were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the corridor this is how the described life under the militants. i think

control of syria's. stricken region. twenty three british diplomats. taken by the u.k. in response to the alleged poisoning by the former spy daughter. behavior. because of pressure from. forced to move away from the. backlash from neighbors and relatives. thanks for joining us live. today great to have you with us on the program russia's defense ministry. groups with chemical weapons in syria they say they're preparing to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out airstrikes against bashar assad's government. has the latest. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it its as they see in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighters to stage a chemical provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and israel they've been provided allegedly as many as twenty tons of nori this one is dead today it is disguised as disguise this cigarette packs and this attack is imminent the feds officials have said that this attack will be bl

how to help syria. under the auspices of that nation to resupply over four thousand and one hunger blankets and pillows to the people in need over. food and given to the people to prepare at least. something to eat russian transportation to have delivered over five thousand feet of those and other necessary supplies for basle people so that they can sleep normally for the very thing i had a conversation with the russian present of these geneva and how groups of syria yesterday in that meeting. that group had a meeting and u.n. called in a to. deliver to report on the situation in the east in good a highly appreciated the work of the russian position throughout the whole mission in the preparation of the immaterial and during the the deliveries of material aid and items of necessity which people are not forced to leave the east and go to they are free to do that also no violations. in case of the. syrian official soldiers servicemen working in the area the u.n. says that many many people living in these

the is mountg ternatnal pssure on tuey or its offensive in syria's northern region the syrian regime. hahahahahahan calling it a violation of its sovereignty. the us is willing toto say so i mean e of the face of civilians after an attack on the city of african from to tens of thousands to flee in the last forty eight hours the . president erdogan is threatening to go even further. then all of the* about isn't it by controlling the city center of african on sunday. brought to an endndndndndndn olive branch. now we will continue this process remind these called on his. line have usually into remove all of the stories on health codes. all the. you should you to armitage'. will than six thousand people fled syria's eastern ghouta monday following joining the tens of thousands who have left the regions is the beginning of the regime offensive lastnda were killed in that offensive including many children and on sunday president russia assets to the region to congratulate his troops. an unusually calm ghout. wih an unexpected driver behind the wheel. and images provided by the syrian govern

sixteen fellows in civilians mileage to flee the militant controlled district of eastern in syria as the united nations welcomes a cease fire that's managed to hold for the six day. couple who named. donald trump get backlash from relatives and neighbors say they've been forced to move from their home town. one minute to eight am here in moscow on saturday march the seventeenth welcome to the program this is r t international our top story this hour russia's ses it's ready to announce retaliate tory measures against the u.k. after britain expelled twenty three russian diplomats following accusations it was more school who was behind the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter russia earlier requested some of the nerve agents said to have been used against that but didn't get any response from britain it also said it was willing to help with the investigation again no once or moscow has now launched its own criminal case into the attempted murder of yulia scribble who's a russian citizen even though the british investigation into the poisoning is still ongoing u.k. officials are al

in the west his wife is you have to eat isis in syria. a passenger plane carrying seventy one people has crashed on landing it falls kathmandu apples at least fifty people have been killed according to police and that he had a u. s. spying on his mind at traffic control the apple says the pilots approach the runway from the wrong direction. veterans and has the story. some of my favourite spinning out of control before crossing of the runway and bursting into flames. dozens were killed after a commercial plane carrying seventy one people crossed animals common to international airport on monday. yeah. there was smoke blasts and we saw the plane come down. the exact death toll remains unclear. a few survivors were being treated at a nearby hospitall. cloudy afternoon exams family members said they were still struggling to retrieve information about their loved ones of living in london. to see if i had any information about my sister who was on the plane. this. but. he said. he also sent. the p plane was a twin propeller bombarding a down e

russia's defense ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria are planning to stage false black chemical attacks to give the u.s. a pretext for directly attacking the assad government. that says rebel control of syria's eastern ghouta crumbles and over forty thousand civilians leave the stricken region through humanitarian corridors. also in today's news moscow expels twenty three british diplomat nearing the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin the ledge poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. doesn't want more normal when i mean my son donald trump the behavior of all my family and my parents. because of pressure i left my village for college and afghan couple who names their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of their fears backlash from neighbors and relatives. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me the king air and now our top story russia's defense ministry says rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria and are planning to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the

we should do more to dish syria -- syria re tried to help by dropping bombs and amazingly hasn't worked. many places around the world we should be doing more than we do some should be doing constructive things, not dropping bombs. i'm not a pacifist about if you're going to be objective, look at syria, libya dropping bombs is not a solution to political problems and we should help the other members of the human family. >> what are we doing some you're dealing what i have what is going on. >> right. i have a chapter why democracy usually defeats dictatorship and go into those issues in that chapter. >> just under reasons to believe -- george haig. under reasons to believe things are bad, have you look at something -- i can't remember i say it that said misery doesn't cause revolution but rising expectations does. i don't know if you have look at that if it's useful. >> there are number of social scientists and one i like is a woman narrowly carol graham and she has provided a great deal of documentation on exactly that point. the people base their feelings of happiness or unhappiness abo

there is no place for them to go the country of syria has been decimated by these seven years of war and people have been moved from one place to another looking for safety and not finding it those who have been driven out of the country are finding the gates of other countries closed against them most notably of course the united states which has prohibited refugees coming from syria all together in the context of the so-called muslim bans that donald trump has imposed but even the countries close are the countries right in the region who are already taking care of hundreds of thousands in some cases more than a million refugees in lebanon for instance is a very small country one out of every four people in that country is now a syrian refugee in jordan where there's over a million refugees but there's simply not enough water available so the humanitarian crisis is is massive on a regional level certainly within syria is the most serious then on the regional level and on a global level the syrian refugees are facing a devastating future. this time tomorrow russians will be casting t

interview with vladimir putin do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news. of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago. secondly we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army. since that on the. part of me. after to and thirdly all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against. boys when you're the cockpit look. at them now what we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting. because one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least four at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria are secretary of state tellers and just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to reign in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response yes because your thought when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation that's for crimes return to record please and at least

russia's defense ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria of. chemical attacks to give the u.s. a pretext for directly striking. rebel control of syria's eastern crumbles over forty eight thousand civilians fully the stricken region through humanitarian corridors. twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the u.k. response alleged poisoning. by his daughter. doesn't want me my son donald trump the behavior of my family my parents. because of my village for. a couple who. say they've been forced to move away from their home because of a backlash from neighbors and relatives. live from moscow ten pm now in the russian. program russia's defense ministry says rebel groups with chemical weapons in syria planning to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the u.s. to carry out air strikes that's according at least to the russian defense ministry . has more. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intimation and reason to believe that the united states it's as talent base in syria has been preparing squads of

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breaking news this hour russia's defense ministry says syria's rebel groups are planning on carrying out a number of provocation using chemical weapons. moscow expels twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. and an afghan couple who named their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their home town because of the fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me thank you aaron good to have you with us. now russia is to expel twenty three british diplomats as relations between the two countries continue to plunge to a new post cold war low it comes in response to an identical move by the u.k. following the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the south of england in a day or two to picks up the story. we all thought tensions could not get much worse between russia and the u.k. but how wrong we are to be so hopeful the controversial story that's dominated the international media

in syria as the united nations welcomes a ceasefire that's mileage to hold in the city there for a week. and then after a couple who named their. relatives and neighbors and say they've been forced to move from their hometown. just past midday here in moscow this saturday march the seventy wherever you're watching from across the globe welcome to international our top story twenty three british diplomats are to be expelled from russia in retaliation to an identical move by the u.k. over the poisoning of a former double agent. the british ambassador to russia was told the news when he was summoned to the foreign ministry on the joins us live to do with this just broke not so very long ago. what do we know but this diplomatic keeps escalating this is the latest reaction to it what is russia here what's their response well you know as you know this is been so controversial it's been dominating the headlines across the world and on a daily basis. you know action taken. by russia and it's russia's turn today. since have been escalating and here we are now twenty three british diplomats are g

it wouldn't be long before syria was no longer america's problem. and by the way we're not going the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now very soon very soon we're coming now we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes referred to as the land take it all back quickly quickly. the kurdish armed group i.p.g. says france is planning to send troops to support them in the northern syria and mediate with turkey one thursday france's president met representatives from northern syria and paris the delegation included kurdish and arab members of the syrian a democratic forces turkey has been battling kurdish fighters near its border. the palestinian health ministry says israeli tank fire has killed a palestinian farmer and gaza happened in the city of khan yunis another man is in critical condition this comes as thousands of palestinians prepare for an annual rally to protest against israeli occupation. the former president of france nicolas sarkozy is to face

presence and troops in both iraq and syria still supposedly to fight isis. that's an interesting question the justification for fighting or for staying in syria has been changing regularly it was initially to fight isis then it became more a question of of supporting the shall we say revolutionaries or rebels who are against the al assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course but will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as the

president obama's policy in syria. namely an effort to expel isis from its territorial control raqqa and eastern syria. a backing of the syrian kurdish groups that have fought with us against isis. an effort at international diplomacy that was actually begun under president obama. and so, in fact, i see an extraordinary amount of continuity between president trump and president obama and i think neither had a robust enough humanitarian or civil society or military approach. >> nancy lindborg, let me put that question for you, the balance between hard power and soft power today under the trump administration compared to what we tend to see in how america deals with fragile states. how do you see it? >> well, i think the most important answer to that lies actually with a lot of our military personnel. and as you hear from retired four-stars, what happens after the fight is as important as what happens during the fight, and we need to be sure that the balance remains such that we can continue to have the development and d

russia's defense ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria are planning to stage false flag chemical attacks to give the u.s. a pretext directly striking the government. says rebel control of syria's eastern crumbles over forty thousand civilians flee the stricken region through humanitarian corridors. also in the headlines moscow expelled twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning of a former spy daughter. doesn't want to name my son donald trump the behavior of my family my parents. because of pressure i left my village for a. couple who named their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of a fierce backlash from relatives. from moscow with me. nine pm here in the russian capital welcome to the program. russia's defense ministry has confirmed to rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria planning to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the us to carry out a strikes. the details. representatives of the russian armed forces have said

russians defense ministry claims extremist groups in syria are planning to frame chemical attacks to give the us a pretext to strike the assad government. that says rebel control of the syrian area probable sometimes the forty eight some civilians please pay for humanitarian corridors. moscow expels twenty three british diplomats mirroring the steps taken by the u.p.a. in response to the kremlin's alleged poisoning a former spy and so basically his daughter was. there isn't one more moment when i name my son donald trump the behavior of all my family and my parents. because of pressure left my village for example an afghan couple who names their son donald trump to say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of a fierce backlash from neighbors and relatives. and you can visit r.t. dot com for more on those headlines stories the kaiser report is coming up next. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report a solid piece. of. stacy i thought this episode was about quantum theory oh ok it's all about quantum theory. of. well you know everybody is always mentioning the f

step back from syria for just a second. how similar or different is this from what america typically does? any fragile state how does america usually deal with the balance between using hard power and software? >> hard power and soft power are both necessary in many circumstances. in order to help a fragile state, recovery itself and in order to set conditions whereby governments and civil society can return. and, unfortunately, the solutions that, one, michael to see in syria can neither be exclusively military or exclusively soft power lead. each has its role, and it is vitally important that the united states have a robust budget for its institutions like the state department, like foreign aid which are critical components for us to achieve our mission of helping keep the people in the world secure and free. but it is also actually incredibly important to recognize that in conditions on the ground such as those that we see in syria, the underlying violence and oppression of human beings is not part and parcel of a stable

is notable given that the two disagree on key conflicts in the region especially as they relate to syria and iran. the coach chief executive officer jeff ross of noble a large commodity trader was paid twenty million dollars last year even though the company lost five billion dollars in revenue noble has been in turmoil since two thousand and fifteen and is currently going through a restructuring the large pay raises issues of c.e.o. compensation is a big one and we'll have more on what c.e.o.'s are paid in the coming days. and we're joined by bryan caplan whose new book the case against education is creating quite a stir and we're pleased to have a with us brian now explain yourself because the title is obviously provocative but what are you saying that that maybe there's commonality and then we'll get into the details so the main thing i'm saying is that even though education trays are pretty well for the students themselves it's not really a very good investment taxpayer money because most of what you learn in school you're never actually going to use on the job. so how do we how do w

soldiers are deployed in syria to prevent an eyesore resurgence but the u.s. is just one combatant in a complex proxy war washington has worked alongside saudi arabia qatar and israel against the syrian government the main reason is to curb iran which along with russia is heavily backing president bashar assad turkey opposed the syrian government but maintains relations with both russia and iran turkey's main aim is to defeat kurdish forces which the u.s. has supported in the fight against i saw. let's bring in our panel we have here in doha marwan cover line is director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy and alice's from washington d.c. mark kimmitt former assistant secretary for political move three affairs under george w. bush and from moscow dmitry babich political analyst at the state owned voice of russia good to have you all with also start here in the studio with a bit of a surprise this announcement because in fact i've been observing and. so the english foreign policy for many years now i haven't seen something like this be

warned that if needed it would act to end what it called the in human suffering in syria more than a thousand civilians have been killed in eastern guta since the government says government forces began a siege in mid february. and let's bring a date of you correspondent laura she's monitoring the latest developments from beirut in neighboring lebanon high on szell these are the first evacuations to leave eastern ghouta why has this taken so long. well first of all it is pretty significant even though according to the syrian american medical society which is the which is a group of activists working on the ground releasing with the group after the injured only thirty one people have been evacuated and have gone to damascus and are told a list of wounded and injured to be evacuated is one thousand and thirty four and the u.n. was in fact expected to what they would all be evacuated today but so far that hasn't happened there is a certain significance to it because it shows the what sides which is the rebels and the region backed by russia have understood that the most needy the women

done an investigation this is seems very much like the kind of accusations we've seen repeatedly in syria over chemical weapons allegations this is this is the red queen this is a verdict for a verdict first trial afterward and even in the infliction of punishment and i think the russians that really should not should not take this in stride i think there this really deserves a sharp asymmetrical response to punch the old british toothless lion right in the mouth on a on a similar note really france and germany have called upon russia to prove its innocence not if you want somebody to prove their innocence that means that you think they might actually be innocent if you give him the chance is that the rights approach though do you think no i don't think it is at all how do you ask somebody to prove their innocence in a vacuum prove you didn't do something how do you do that when the russians have a request of the british to give the same samples they've given to the o p c w to the russians so they can they can compare it to whatever data they have at their disposal i think the russians ar