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 of the senate to dismiss catalonians leadership and said he wants a new regional elections as soon as possible. euro skeptic party wins in the czech republic's parliamentary elections with its a billionaire leader of whom many compared to donald trump said to become prime minister. and human rights organizations warn it 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 r.t. international and john thomas glad to have you with us now 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 protests with almost half a million people turning out onto the streets of barcelona local officials have branded madrid's decision as an attack on freedom and a coup as a part of the initiative the catalan leadership will be removed from office but you have to know that 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 all. but you know. the spanish government has carried out the worst attack

against scotland institutions and residents since the orders of the military dictator francisco franco. to be integrated it was sponsible act across all bond raised by announced an ad to talk to a coup d'etat tossed a democratically elected government back. article one hundred 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 couple on parliament won't be dissolved it is now stripped of the capacity to elect a new president and his men in a culture of a 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 cast leader and they welcomed the plaza they were shouting slogans including a little bit of 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 had has denounced madrid's decision to invoke article one fifty five and dismiss the local government now madrid's decision provoked really we've of 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 this is the most we're a bit lost is the first time we found ourselves in such a situation we've heard talk of possible support from durant for example but it seems that the e.u. is not interested as a tool in what's going on here. i think it's a relief when the other other planets not. even. contraries 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 and the crowd of course said that madrid as not revoking catalonians autonomy but it's merely dismissing and removing the local government that led to this crisis but what happened this saturday and the region of council on the a mania local authorities school defacto coup to town and a blow to democracy. or to you has heard from several academics about the constitutional merge and see 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 didn't chamber

leaders off 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 up to that but i can ensure you. that was 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 called 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 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. switching gears the euro skeptic and old party has won the czech republic's parliamentary elections with almost a third of the vote now the movement is hailing the result as a huge success the billionaire head of the party who many compared to donald trump is now set to become prime minister. the group system. the movement. there is no place for migrants in europe.

i don't want to be in the eurozone in the country to be a gathering tool for greek banks. let's face it. not in the form of this economy government. week. some of our political approach is just the real world. across the european union nationalist and euro skeptic parties have enjoyed a rise in poured over the past three years in france and the leader of the national front party was the main rival in the country's presidential election and in germany last month 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 there former czech foreign minister cyril. believes europe has

only itself to blame. in europe are out of face. and we can see euro skeptic forces on the scene so particularly 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 and all belongs to the. two d. group of bhakti is who are against it because. within the e.u. or or who. does the movement which some call to the very strong send you look be in position in. the us now or donald trump's predecessors barack obama and george w. bush have long had furious disagreements on t.

policies but now they finally seem to have found a common target and that is 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 be go 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 actually this is the story maybe it isn't folks don't feel good right now about what they see. and show up and instead of our politics reflecting our brown 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 but when we can it is the same old politics of division. human rights organizations warn deaths could rise in greek refugee camps this winter more on that after a short break you're watching our two international. if . you.

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appeared on this channel and 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 and indicates the number of times each guest appeared on r t and mentions the most relevant episodes here's what the authors of the report have to say about. purpose of this list is to identify individuals who either due to an awareness of r.t.s. political agenda or indeed explicit support of it lends their names and credibility to a pseudo news network and proxy agents of the kremlin and we asked a number of guests how they feel about being included on the list. development. 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 and 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 a 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 is grouped among politicians who have been on our t.v. film director robert reiner makes an appearance and he's actually now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia 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 our team politicking has always been hosted by fedor and journalist larry king that wasn't the only mistake either the think tank says it took a guest names of from show descriptions from our web site which apparently led to more confusion take boris johnson for example claims he was on our news thing comedy show but this was his appearance. so that's always someone with

a finger right i mean it's a national phrase it's. welcome. that all we go in. to fight the spanish before america and russia kill us so. the. proportion. for some the uneasiness over russian media operating in the west has a clear historical parallel seventy years ago america's so-called anti soviet witch hunt began. chairman j. parnell thomas of new jersey all funds an inquiry into possible communist

penetration of the 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 assumed. the lead in the cover of the jackal. which is

always found of the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual come in the same time get off the validity of them during our look at death it's a different empire max and not hearing different to what a modern airport is a painter a great t.v. man in europe plotting what i do and see. if a person defend the activities of communist nations well 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 donald trump and the military apparatus of this country is about to go over to. war beholden to. russia.

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 and 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 now just hours before her death her parents were reportedly refused extra blankets. now like other refugee camps in greece morea is notorious for its conditions more than fifteen hundred people including children and pregnant women are living there many without any source of heating in winter temperatures can drop of below zero as a result dozens of refugees have died in the last few years. has pledged to give more than a billion euros to greece by two thousand and 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 to put

a huge strain on greek resources many question whether that use response has been good enough. economic could be challenge governments with the increase simply can't cope with the influx and haven't got the administrative resources talking nice proper relief for refugees a bill proper caps the official a current of the u. has a whole having not been signed off by the court to board it as the e.u. is only counting for 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 the e.u. doesn't know how to manage its money. and you know a lot of the money goes into the bloated bureaucracy and the governments of greece and italy i'm afraid. for. you to.

minnesota deficiency or credibility meanwhile thousands of progress demonstrators took to the streets of rome on saturday. lit. a little bit. of a gathered in the center of the italian capital to rally against racism and demand the rights of a new arrivals be respected among those marching were asylum seekers and refugees a crowd also called for the creation of humanitarian corridors the elimination of national borders and the granting of italian citizenship to the children of migrants. a lightning things up quite a bit now it is an event event to celebrates peace and international friendship and has brought together thousands of young people from around the globe but now the world festival of youth and students has drawn to

a close from sochi here's our. are here and post your way to the a.t.m. here in sochi the stadium is built for the olympics filled with thousands of young people that are here for the closing ceremonies of the world preston will abuse the students 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 it 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 mosque out in one hundred fifty

seven. my name is now with 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. too has 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

photo for example is taken. the streets packed with people and idea of the. time. i was thrilled to have that invitation and i said. yes so. possibility. the jews. are back in about thirty five minutes.

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