i. have alone as president says that he won't accept madrid's plan to seize the region's powers that as almost half a million protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona in a show of defiance. earlier on saturday spain's prime minister asked the senate to dismiss catalonia. also wants new regional elections and as soon as possible. in other news a euro skeptic party wins the czech republic's parliamentary elections with its billionaire leader who many compared to donald trump to become prime minister.

and human rights organizations of war deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter after cold weather and a lack of medical help killed a five year old girl. i see joining is just past midnight here in moscow my name is neil harvey and this is r.t. . almost half a million people packed onto the streets of barcelona denouncing the latest actions of madrid local officials branded the national governments moves as an attack on freedom and even a coup against catalonia a sentiment that was later record by the regional president earlier on saturday the spanish prime minister the senate to remove the main figures in the catalan government and to transfer their responsibilities to ministers. but you have to

know that this measure we're going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we recover all of this but one of our part of the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against scotland institutions and residence since the order of the military dictator francisco franco. the spanish government asked the senate to remove key figures from the capital and government and to transfer their responsibilities to ministers me market alone is parliament won't be dissolved but it's now stripped of the capacity to elect a new president with dreads actions of triggered anger among cattle and citizens. should have found out. many people that gathered here at the square they were listening to the address that was made by the castle leader and they welcomed the plaza they were shouting slogans including leave it at that which means freedom so

for them it was quite a bit to address quite a big decision that was made now we've heard other reactions coming from different catalan government officials including the had of the catalan parliament that has denounced madrid's decision to invoke article one fifty five and dismiss the local government now madrid's decision provoked really now we've both outrage and outrage and we've seen hundreds tens of thousands of people here in the streets of barcelona now protesting and marching and we managed to talk to some of them loses them as well because we're a bit lost is the first time we found ourselves in such a situation we've heard talk of possible support from durham for example but it seems that the e.u. is not interested as a tool in what's going on here but i think it's a relief when are the other planets not. even come

from trees the leaves the sea what do you see all the time the same they repeat the same words that's on monday and for the other leaders so it's it's it's it's impossible to talk to them prime minister spanish prime minister met in the crowd which said that madrid has not revoking catalonians autonomy but merely dismissing and removing the local government that led to this crisis but what happened this saturday in the region of council lonny a mania local authorities call defacto a blow to democracy. please second discuss this now with thomas harrington professor of iberian studies at trinity college in hartford connecticut good to have you all tell us the council on president assad that he will reject madrid's move to take away these regions autonomous powers for.

i think he can do that if he uses force but that becomes the that is the major question here what is the role of the force in elective democracies in the twenty first century. i think the consensus on the catalan side is a very strong one if indeed he does remove the government and call new elections it's hard to imagine who is going to participate at most there's forty percent of the present sitting parliament in catalonia that is that is supporting this move and i can't imagine that the people who are rightfully elected in the september two thousand and fifteen elections going along with a new election after the government that they were elected to form part of is is overthrown by the central of ari's. i mean the use of force is an interesting . thing to talk about i think because of course we saw a very heavy handed approach coming from the national police during the referendum

and this is just really been a war of words between these two leaders up until now could it had into becoming something more than that. i certainly hope not it's it's a beautiful country in a place that is the center of my life in many ways academically and i don't think it's a place that. anyone wants to see go up in flames or to have tanks in the streets what is so terrible about this whole thing is that it could have been easily resolved through negotiations but what we're looking at is really the residual mentality of a franco it's dictatorship that thinks in terms of authoritarian solutions the very fact that the catalans want to have their government lead as president which a month said in his address today a government that it has a lineage going back to that to the middle ages and the fact that they want to homogenize spain and have a situation where they can always have the upper hand if needed is really a relic of an earlier time and a kind of makes

a mockery of the idea of the famous anish transition to democracy we're seeing now that the attitudes didn't all change and that when you get into trouble you apply force release from richard's point of view you mentioned franco that and you know this has been branded by quite a few people as being the worst attack on catalonia since the dictatorship of general franco is that not over the top though given that there franco killed thousands of people. i don't think anyone is saying it is the same thing i think what they're saying is that it is the worst thing since that time perhaps the only other attack on democracy in spain was the one nine hundred eighty one coup attempt which by the way had its part of its objectives to curtail that then emerging carolina thomas reality but also i think my mentioning his name though is the attempt not to try and you know memories of franco and to try and make people concerned. i don't think it's i don't think it's an abusive use of overall i think

history is history i think. institutions are allowed to exist in their form or they are not and when they are not people in catalonia have a memory of when the last of these institutions were undermined forcibly do you think that might on a rock caught catalonia by surprise today did he move quicker than expected not at all the idea of invoking article one fifty five which in fact was done today has been floated in europe quite clearly for a couple of weeks in a very in a very tight sense and for a number of months you know those years it's so no surprise this is going to expect it and written about widely within the last few days not for the first time caller . as it was called upon the european union to take action let's see what was said today if you repent from the ocean oh believe those are at risk in catalonia

they will also be at risk in europe and practically deciding the future of a nation is not a crime the belief in a democratic and peaceful europe the europe of the shard of fundamental right that should protect each and every one of us so push them once the e.u. to protect him to protect the people of catalonia they seem to been turning a deaf ear to his pleas so far do you think they will listen now. i think what president bush did in this speech was very effective he reminded people that democracy in danger in one place is democracy endangered another place i think you know you probably know as well as i do that there are inconsistences in the application of law within many parties in the e.u. alone them i think if we contrast the treatment of india and into students in

eastern europe with the way that the large nations are now in effect turning a deaf ear to go along it's very early. i think though that if people are truly interested in the organic structures of democracy they should be interested in applying standards across the board and i think president bush among it's a very compelling point when he says well if this can be done to us what other things can be done to other people if you're going to sit by and let it happen thomas i found it fascinating to get your analysis appreciate you coming on r.t. thomas harrington is my guest professor liberian studies the trinity college in hartford connecticut many thanks. now moving on to other news in the euro skeptic and no party has won the czech republic's parliamentary elections with almost a third of the vote the movement is hailing the result of the huge success they had of the party the second richest man in the country who served as finance minister

and deputy prime minister is now set to become the prime minister. the group system we've had for so long is what i call. the movement. there is no place for migrants in europe. i don't want to be in the eurozone or the country to be a. greek banks. let's face it they're not in there form an economy governance. is so weak. some of our political approach is just the real world.

across the european union euro skeptic parties have recently been gaining support in france more in the pen the leader of the national front party was the main rival to eventually elected president in. germany the f.t. not only entered parliament for the very first time but also became the third largest party in the park the freedom party and also came third in elections there foreign minister serious for border believes that europe's only got itself to blame . in europe are out of face. and we can see euro skeptic forces going to see him so partly in jedda many of course in austria this is a massive victory of the euro skeptic forces and maybe in the czech republic mr buckbee and his movement under law belongs to the. two did

group of party is who are against caught us within the e.u. war or who. does the movement which supports the de very strong send european position in rights organizations are warning that deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter i'll explain all after this short break.

this is i believe the worst crisis in modern american history is the crisis of unfettered capitalism undermining the entire population of the country and we've seen the arab spring we've seen other hot spots in the world and ice and i feel the heat building. a comeback human rights activists and n.g.o.s all rosing the greek authorities to improve conditions at the refugee comes as winter approaches there is growing concern asylum seekers are not equipped to cope with the freezing temperatures last

week a five year old girl died from the cold lack of medical support that was at the maria refugee camp on the island of last boss just prior to her death a parents were reportedly refused extra blankets. unlike other refugee camps in greece mary is notorious for its conditions more than fifteen hundred people including children and pregnant women are living there and many are doing so without any source of heating in winter temperatures can drop their below zero and as a result dozens of refugees have died in the last few years the e.u. was placed to give more than a billion euros to greece by twenty twenty that's to help it cope with the migrant crisis but more than a million refugees a reach the country which is the main entry point into europe since twenty fifteen at the influx threatens to overstretch greek resources the e.u.'s response there has been questioned. the economic challenge to governments

with the increased simply can't cope with the influx and they haven't got the administrative resources. properly for refugees or build proper camps the official accounts of the you has a whole have not been signed off by the court awarded to the use of an accounting body for the last twenty three years we know that he has very little idea about how its money is spent and that's always been through dispute through before the crisis and it's through you know during the crisis in the e.u. doesn't know how to manage its money. and you know a lot of the money goes into a bloated bureaucracy and the governments of greece and italy i'm afraid not are in line for the. put it. in a sort of efficiency or credibility. ron has reiterated

it is complying with the nuclear deal that donald trump is threatening to scrap russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov weighed in he stressed international security would be threatened if the u.s. ended green and that the north korean crisis could worsen. it is clear that the failure of the g c p a way around deal one of the five plus one members especially one of its most active members essentially the leader of the group would be an alarming signal to the architecture of international security including the settlement of the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula if you want to negotiate with kim jong un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the united nations and secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don't make a deal with the united states they won't keep their word last week the u.s. president announced that he would decertified the deal means that congress now

sixty days in which to decide whether it wants to reimpose sanctions upon iran or agree new legislation relating to the accord donald trump said that he wants his country out of the nuclear agreement even though it is widely acknowledged iran has not violated the terms we agreed on the fact that iran is in technical compliance of the year peer deal and the nuclear deal the agreement is delivered in a day or two in technical compliance which technical point was no violation of the nuclear arrangement or four agreements but that was a bad one they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement they are not living up to the spirit of their agreement. now the deal was hammered out back in two thousand and fifteen by the so-called p five plus one group that consisted of the united kingdom russia united states china france and germany who all negotiated with of course iran it followed nine years of intense talks it was hailed as

a major breakthrough the former head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog spoke exclusively to is that r.t. told us that it's important to preserve that deal. the settlement and deal about the iran was a great achievement and it was it really a by the p five in the security council and we have seen that before in the question of the syrian chemical weapons and there was also a settlement and there's also now some sort of agreement on syrian peace will come out come of syria between the p five so it's very important to preserve this these these precedents of agreement really between the p five and the security council and if that were to be damaged in the iranian case that would be very serious a thing for the future authority of the security council. donald trump says barack obama and george w. bush have long had furious disagreements on some king policies but now they finally

seem to found common ground it's the current u.s. president. george bush is washington but what the banks and financial institutions what i'm up push went after the obama administration's handling of both iran and isis some seem to believe that we should be gauche with the terrorists and radicals get used to me and other democrats of wanting to negotiate with terrorists i don't think it's good for the country to have a former president undermine the current president. we've seen nationalists in the stories he did made it is folks don't feel good right now about what they see. and sure but instead of our politics reporting our values politics back to our communities.

there are some signs that the intensity of support for the democracy itself is way because of the microspheres of state american security and prosperity were directly tied to the success of freedom in the world the world council of america having its act together at times it can seem like the forces pulling a supporter stronger take this seriously than the forces binding us together when we came here is the same old politics of division. it's an event the celebrates international friendship which is brought together thousands of young people from right across the globe but now the will festival of youth and students has drawn to a close on these killing more people was at the closing ceremony. we're hearing both the a.t.m. here in sochi and the stadium was built for the olympics filled with thousands of young people that are here for the closing ceremonies of the world preston will

accuse the students but there has just been an atmosphere of friendship there's been this feeling of bonding so many young people from so many parts of the world over one hundred fifty countries represented well over twenty thousand young people here all of them just committed to celebration atmosphere of love and kindness let's remember he was sixty years ago back in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven that the first world festival of using students to be held in russia was convened in moscow people in russia remember it is kind of a turning point in their lives the first time they met people from such diverse parts of the world we were able to speak to canadian basser and sixty years ago as a young canadian he was able to actually visit moscow in one hundred fifty seven. my neighbor has mellowed johnston. eighty three years old and

i was of participants in the festival in moscow in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven oh i remember. i was there. at that fireworks display. through his life at that time visiting another planet. throws a different era and every member going through the streets that was packed with people greeting us here on trucks was fun we were young good we're having a great time. this photo for example is taken. during our reception the streets were packed with people gives you an idea of the welcoming that we've got a group of us canadians as we arrived in bosco. that's me. at that

time with the famous the moscow landmark. i was thrilled to have that invitation but i said could i bring my granddaughter also yes so she said intergenerational possibilities we got here. sent me here through the jews. and i stored up hope you enjoyed it if you want to check out some stories that are available by heading to our website. i do not know if the russian state hacked into john podesta emails and gave them to wiki leaks but i do know barack obama's director of national intelligence has not

provided credible to support his claims. i also know he perjured himself in a senate hearing planned three months before the revelations provided by edward snowden he denied to be n.s.a. was carrying out wholesale surveillance of the us. the hyperventilating corporate media has once again proved to be an echo for government claims that cannot be verified you would have thought they would have learned something after serving as george w. bush's useful idiots in the lead up to the invasion of iraq. it is vitally important that the press remains rooted in a fact based universe especially when we enter an era when truth and fiction are becoming indistinguishable.

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know what they're working. welcome to on contact today we discuss the climate crisis with dr james hansen so it's more energy coming in from the sun then there is heat radiated to space and so the planet disk. and to continue to get warmer until we restore the planet's energy balance. with chris hedges the planet as the climatologist james

hansen warns is out of energy balance in other words there is more energy coming in from the sun than there is he being radiated to space as long as this remains true the earth will steadily get warmer and the destructive effects of climate change monster storms flooding droughts and wildfires will become more pronounced and more deadly the human species responsible for climate change will either restore the planet's energy balance by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from its present more than four hundred parts per million to about three hundred fifty parts per million or see an acceleration of species extinction that will ultimately include human beings we face as the recent devastation in florida and houston illustrate a climate emergency we must break the stranglehold of the fossil fuel and culture industries we must improve our agricultural and forestry practices so that we

capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and keep it in the soil and the biosphere these measures require radically reconfiguring our relationship with the planet and if we do not take them we are doomed r t correspondent on your power pole looks at the accelerating pace of climate change. are changing climate is demonstrating its devastating impact lately we've been shattering records when it comes to weather starting with the fact that twenty sixteen was the hottest year ever recorded not only that but it was the third year in a row to break the record reading math and to declare quote the ongoing a long term warming trend is clear and just in case you're wondering yes twenty seventeen is so far keeping up with the hottest years ever recorded and no matter where you are your put at risk by climbing temperatures the islands and coasts of the atlantic are currently in a state of climate caused crisis.