no voters elected the businessman to run this country business equals power boom bust it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . catalonia embattled president rejects spain's plans to impose direct rule on the region as almost half a million people rally in barcelona and a show of defiance against the national government. earlier on saturday spain's prime minister asked the senate to dismiss catalonia as leadership and said he wants new regional elections as soon as possible. euro skeptic party wins the czech republic parliamentary elections with a billionaire leader who many compared to donald trump is set to become prime minister. and human rights organizations warn that deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter after cold weather and a lack of medical help kills

a five year old girl. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. and the crisis in catalonia has taken another dramatic turn after the spanish government said on saturday it would impose direct rule on the region that triggered a wave of protest with almost half a million people turning out onto the streets of barcelona local officials branded madrid's a decision as an attack on freedom and a cool as part of the initiative the cattle on leadership will be removed from office but we don't know if this measure we 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 the mind tension is to hold it as soon as we recover a lot of us but you know what about the spanish government has the worst attack

against scotland institutions and residents of the military dictator francisco franco. because he then. integrated it was sponsible act. obama and baseband nonsense had to talk to a coup d'etat to last a democratically elected government. article one fifty five which allows for the transfer of powers to madrid and the dismissal of those officials alleged to have broken the law is to be passed by the senate within days and while the cattle on parliament won't be dissolved it is now stripped of the cape passerby to elect a new president has been a question of reports now on the reaction in catalonia. many people that gathered here at the square they were listening to the address that was made by the castle leader and they welcomed it's with applause they were shouting slogans including leave it at that which means freedom so for them it was a big to address quite

a big decision that was made to now we've heard other reactions coming from different catalan government officials including the had of the council and parliament that has has denounced madrid's decision to invoke article one fifty five and dismiss the local government now madrid's decision provoked really a wave of outrage and we've seen hundreds tens of thousands of people here in the streets so far salonen el protesting and marching and we managed to talk to some of them loses them 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. i think. we need i mean are there other planets not. even common countries day leave they say what they say all the time

the same they repeat the same rewards and that's on monday and for the other leaders so it's it's it's it's impossible to talk to them reminisce that spanish prime minister met in the crowd of course said that madrid as 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 anya mania local authorities call defacto coup de in a blow to democracy. party has heard from several academics about the constitutional emergency in spain and how it might unfold no. the independent this movement is a very very peaceful movement i need to pass never shown any sign of violence so i don't expect that type of violence the only violence here comes from the spanish states. while the practice that was organized today was a practice that it was to protest against the. fact that they put in chamber

leaders up to a seat in society are going to use a search out of the center of the sonship yeah people are angry but people in catalonia are peaceful people they are not going to use violence not that i can and sure you. that is the major question here what is the role of the force in the elective democracies in the twenty first century. i think the consensus of the catalan side is a very strong one if indeed he does remove the government and call the elections it's hard to imagine who is going to participate that most there is forty percent of the president sitting in 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 several of our days and i think president bush among makes

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. the euro skeptic and no party has won the czech republic's parliamentary elections with almost a third of the vote the movement is a hailing the result as a huge success and the billionaire head of the party who many compared to donald trump is now set to become 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 in the country to be

a. greek. let's face it they're not impressed by the e.u. their former us economy government. is so weak. some of our political approach is just the real world. across the european union nationalist and euro skeptic parties have enjoyed rising support over the past few years in france more in the pan the leader of the national front party was the main rival. in the country's presidential election in germany last month the f.d.a. not only entered parliament for the first time but it became the third largest party in the bundestag and the freedom party in austria recently came third in elections their former czech foreign minister cyril. believes that europe only has

a blank. in europe. in the face of the new one we can see euro skeptic forces going to see in salt partly in jeddah many of course in austria this is a massive victory of euro skeptic forces and maybe in the czech republic mr buckbee and his movement under law belongs to the. two d. group of party is who are against caught us within the e.u. war or war. deserve movement which support the very strong send european position. donald trump's a predecessors of barack obama and a george w. bush have long had furious disagreements on key policies but now they finally seem

to have found a common target the current us president. george bush is watching that what the banks and financial institutions what i'm up bush went after the obama administration's handling of both iran and isis some seem to believe that we should negotiate with 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 president undermine the current president. he she actually lives in the stories he did made it isn't folks don't feel good right now about what they see. and show up and instead of our politics reflecting our ballot politics going back to our communities. there are some signs that the intensity of support for the democracy itself is way

because of the microphone is the fate of 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 can it is the same old politics of division. human rights organizations a war and deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter more than after a short break watching our international.

here in southern russia. discussion club and u.s. russia relations and the state of the world.

i welcome back you're watching art international live from moscow so a think tank called european values has released a damning report about our channel r.t. and criticize more than two thousand people who've appeared on the channel now the institute which receives funding from the us and other western governments brands our guests as useful idiots the list of names is divided into seven categories including us political figures european and other international politicians as well as writers journalists and academics it indicates the number of times each guests appeared on our t.v. and mentions that the most relevant episodes here is what the authors of the report have to say about it the purpose of this list is to identify individuals who either due to an awareness of political agenda or indeed explicit support of it then stand names incredibility to acetic news that link and proxy agents of the kremlin and

that's fun we asked a number of guests how they feel about being included on the list. development is somehow trashy it gets more and more aggressive across europe the political debates and one of these games they are playing is they are destroying the reputation of politicians they don't like i don't think that it's fair to say that we are simply here is russian stooges i am not anti russian but sometimes i'm quite critical of russia over syria and over the detention of political prisoners like in all those. you know of course everybody has their agendas but i think he has certainly not tried to constrain my expression or the expression of many other people i know i work with the network we speak our mind and we're critical of the west when it's appropriate i'm a critical russia when it's appropriate. the reality is there is

a dissident voice in the u.k. the only very rarely gets any time in the mainstream media. is the only place that has been providing a regular platform for what used to be dissident voices in the u.k. but now much more mainstream voices and here are some of the names that you might be surprised to see on the useful idiots list senator john mccain a vocal critic of russia as a group among politicians who have been on our t.v. film director rob reiner makes an appearance he's actually now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia and other politicians on the list include former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as the current president donald trump even former first lady michelle obama gets a mention now the report clearly states all these people appeared on a show called politicking with larry david and the problem is the famous american comedian has never had a show on r t politicking has always been hosted by veteran journalist larry king and that wasn't the only mistake either the think tank says it took guests names

from a show description from our website which apparently led to more confusion take boris johnson for instance it claims he was on our t.v. news thing comedy show but this was his appearance. so that's always someone with their finger on the right side of the i mean it's a national face it's power to say treat boris johnson. welcome. it all week out in. the spanish before america and russia kill us so we could. ease. proportion. for some of the uneasiness over russian media operating in the west has a clear historical parallel seventy years ago america's so-called anti soviet witchhunt began.

chairman j. parnell thomas of new jersey all funds an inquiry into possible communist penetration of a hollywood film industry the committee is seeking to determine if red party members have reached the screen with the first hip hop again.

but it was a simple believe in the cover of the jackal. which is always phone of the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual come in the same time get off an evil. look of death it's a different empire max and i'm not hearing that from a guy what modern airport has a banner a great t.v. man in europe plotting what i do instead. if a person defend the activities of communist nations while consistently attacking the domestic and foreign policy of the united states she may be a communist i will say if they object they are now carrying out the desires and ambitions of that. putin. a bloodless coup engineered by russia with the best the traitorous indifference of

the republican party. and the military apparatus of this country is about that over to. more beholden to us russia. switching gears now human rights activists and n.g.o.s are urging greek authorities to improve conditions at their refugee camps as winter approaches there is growing concern asylum seekers are not equipped to cope with freezing temperatures last week a five year old girl died from the cold and a lack of medical support at the morea refugee camp on the island of lesbos just hours before her death her parents were reportedly refused extra blankets unlike other refugee camps in greece moria is notorious for its conditions more than fifteen hundred people including children and pregnant women are living there many without any source of heating and winter temperatures can drop below zero as a result dozens of refugees have died in the last few years and the e.u.

has pledged to give more than a billion euros to greece by twenty twenty to help it cope with the migrant crisis more than a million refugees have reached the country which is one of the main entry points into europe since two thousand and fifteen but with the influx continuing it to put a huge strain on greek resources many question whether the response has been good enough. economic could be a challenge to governments with things we simply can't cope with the influx i haven't got the administrative resources talking nice proper relief for refugees or build proper camps the official accounts of the you has a hole have not been signed off by the court to board it is the only county in the last twenty three years we know that the e.u. is very little idea about how its money is spent and that's always been through dispute before the crisis and during the crisis and the e.u.

doesn't know how to manage its money. you know a lot of the money goes into a bloated bureaucracy and the governments of greece and italy i'm afraid. put it. into sort of efficiency or credibility meanwhile thousands of progress u.g. demonstrators took to the streets of rome on saturday. lit . a little bit. begad in the center of the italian capital to rally against racism and demand the rights of new arrivals be respected among those marching were asylum seekers and refugees in the crowd also called for the creation of humanitarian corridors the elimination of national borders and the granting of italian citizenship to the children of immigrants.

all right now let's lighten things up it is an event that celebrates peace and international friendship and has brought together thousands of young people from around the globe but now the world a festival of youth and students has drawn to a close from such a hears in a moment. we're hearing both choice is the medium here in sochi 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 vassar and sixty years ago as a young canadian he was able to actually visit moscow in one hundred fifty seven. my name is meld 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. that fireworks display. through his life at that time visiting another planet. throws a different era and i remember going through the streets of packed with people

greeting us here on trucks was fun we were young good we're having a great time. this quota for example is taken. during the reception the streets were packed with people gives you an idea of the. time with the famous moscow landmark. i was thrilled to have that invitation but i said could i bring my granddaughter also yes it's so. intergenerational possibilities we've got here. since new year's eve through the jews.

back in about thirty six minutes with a full. national stay with us. our culture is awash in lives dominated by streams of never ending electronic hallucinations that. fiction until they are indistinguishable becomes the most. society politics as a species of endless and needless political politicians and celebrities are to ruling parties are in reality one part of corporate and those who attempt. this. universal to be just signed to push through the cruelty and exploitation would be a little more force so far to the margins of society including by

a public broadcasting system that has sold its soul for corporate money that we might as well be squeaky against an apple. we must. the mission of newsworthy is to go to the people tell their side of the story our stories are well sourced we don't hide anything from the public and i don't think the mainstream media in this country can say that i think the average viewer knows that r.t. america has

a different perspective so that we're not hearing one echo chamber that mainstream media is constantly spewing. we're not beholden to any corporate sponsor no one tells us what to cover how long the coverage or how to say it that's the beauty of archie america. we give both sides we hear from both sides and we question more that journalists are not getting anything get in your way to bring it home to the american people. your launching and our team america special report in a long list bugs you and me has been nothing but basically everything that you think you know about civil society have broken down. there's always going to be somebody else one step ahead of the game. we should not be other normalising pilots . we don't need people that think like this on our planet. this is an incredibly

tense situation. welcome to on contact today we discuss the climate crisis with dr james hansen so there's more energy coming in from the sun then there is heat radiated to space and so the planet is going to. until you 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 bill looks at the accelerating pace of climate change. our 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 with 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 it. risk by climbing temperatures the islands and coasts of the atlantic are currently in a state of climate caused crisis having been ravaged by five hurricanes in just thirty days not only did these five storms make september twenty seven thousand the strongest month for hurricanes ever recorded but hurricane irma herself was the single most powerful hurricane to ever hit the atlantic with sustained winds soaring to a stunning one hundred eighty miles per hour but rising temperatures aren't only wreaking havoc on the water the state of california is currently engulfed in flames with rescue workers scrambling to save california's inhabitants and put a stop.