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this is the weekly as r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate thank you for joining us. and restarting spain where thousands of prayer to supporters are rallying in the capital on capital the protests reflect a deepening crisis in society off to the region formally declared independence on friday the move triggered outrage in madrid which sent to the entire local government and arranged to snuff election for december well let's cross live now to charlotte dban speakers at the pro unity protest in barcelona fidelity it's been a bit of a rollercoaster few days in the region what's the latest where you are. without sense of people have come out she's also going to these old pro unity school just like councillor you should remain as told to stay come out to the streets to show how supportive they are of what's been done by the governor. into the trade sacking

of those ministers the government here in catalonia and taking control of the regional police forces well that was done after the vote on friday on article one five five this nuclear option it was described as a never before had been used a part of the spanish constitution allowing the trade to take complete control of this region as you can see people are out in the streets and they have been shouting things like put who she wants in jail that's a reference that to the former catalan president carlos pushable it's an indication of how divided catalonians are over this issue of independence is a poll that's just come out in the last hour or so that poll showing that there is almost an east to split between those who want to be independent and lose to remain as participating independents to just slightly and those who want to remain at forty two point five percent with the unity and support forty three point five

percent so around forty percent of people undecided about where they stand on this particular issue with this crisis feels like it's deepening the separatists say that they are now in an independent country. that is the authority of spain but thousands of people here say they recognize the authority of spain because far as they can so they're not just catalonians they are spanish let's take a look at how events of unfolded over the last few days. well many people have gathered outside the spanish parliament and i don't know if you'll be able to see just behind me but it has been entirely blocked off because they are expecting this crowd to potentially get agitated depending on what happens today whether that is the implementation of article one fifty five by madrid or whether indeed it is a declaration of independence here in catalonia the catalan parliament and now discussing the possibility of making that declaration yes. and because of that the city. pulte is not going to allow spain to be schooled down we will not

allow you to divide us and number of the members of the polish she left the chain but decided they would not take caught in that boat they have parties that are generally in favor of the unity with spain. money upfront fees come by years when this album about it is evolving. you certainly in an area of people who are pro independence because when not vote was released that catalan parliament had declared an independent republic of catalonia the crowd would soon be crazy here thank you thank. god. i was just talking to a couple people moments ago who said it's not just their mates that parents they

come parents and even their great grandparents have been waiting cool because this is something that many cuts alone in so have been fighting for independence for almost a hundred years all our lives are our parents around parents they are waiting for the same years and years and years and years dreaming about leaving the spring which is not to them across it we are finally in catalonia a new member of the international community today in parliament the parliament of our country a legitimate parliament to come largely expected step and largely for four step. citizens of cathal or any other comes a time when it is up to all of us to maintain the pulse of our country our peace our civic duty and dignity as we have always done and always will without any doubt yes the catalan parliament have said that that is what they voting for but there are many other steps to take including the fact that we saw the reaction here then

to article one five five this is that the article that spanish senate is in madrid were voting on only whether they would take away the regional autonomy from catalonia. or whether or not the course of the measures regarding implementation of article one five five which were proposed to the senate are approved article one five five part of the spanish constitution has never been enacted it's been described by many people as a nuclear option and that's because essentially what it does is removes regional autonomy trisha there but here we decided to sack the president vice president and other high ranking officials in the council on government called those snap elections for december twenty first and he's also stopped the chiefs of police over the catalan police force at the was

. one of the things that really resonates from this entire situation the spin weeks or weeks of uncertainty about the future of catalan is the fact that today outside the parliament they were through independent support just as well as those who approach unity and want to remain spain and they were standing side by side catalans will say that they do not want a society to be ripped apart by this indecision. but we also discussed the crisis with a political commentator and a former catalan n.p.a. . what they are trying to do is to demolition our regional government institutions. and take control even of. social movements the problem right now is that and nationalist movement independent

movement is living in about a war in another war because they have people in the arabian and they want to keep remain in a spain you can say that these are democratic to to to listen the voice of the people and what we have been trying to do hearing about one year but it's always not really like you know if. the point is that you're the one people be express their. opinion what we've been trying to do two years ago is to find the possibility for a couple in society to express this was on the first of all over the business and did these movements and in this terrible time where he did not a question of how do you decide which crisis democracy and right now the story but this is not a question of companies and what you have in madrid this is

a question of democracy and you should listen what people have got on people. who they won for for the future anybody in the international sphere is going to give a recognition to these are state right now this money is going to mean is walking to restore their constitution or their in their region and we have to broaden their to protect their heart of the card balance they want to keep their rights they want to keep it remain a spanish this is very sad really in that you are just saying that you want to save fifty percent of cargo in society you should care about one hundred percent of problems i am not getting violent or. well the spanish government's been given overwhelming support from european institutions with nato and the un also one side or most you member states along with the u.s. australia and several latin american countries have called for spanish unity and

there are those who have said that they would never recognize an independent catalonia belgium finland and sweden have called for dialogue between barcelona and madrid while russia stressed the council on crisis is a completely internal matter however scotland has backed the vote of independence saying catalan should be free to determine their own future while senior fellow at johns hopkins university federica bindy fears catalans are looking at the wider picture. divided on the part of the of a separatist there is also a source to of. i would use the word delirium even if it's not a good word i mean they are in this collective emotional moment and i don't think they're seeing clearly what is going to happen afterwards i mean they're within you know nato or the us they were the single member states a lot of starting to come out there were also all very clear that they all knew the

finale was spain it's already over one hundred enterprises moved out of got to luna. the stock market is going down there so i don't really see how they can understand that that alone they're not going to have that really and three future they're dreaming of. me while the drive for independence in catalonia knows no age limits and alphabet all of independence is almost slowly bookshops in the heart of barcelona and letters are not the only lesson children learn and stands for money is an ethos they see which means demonstration s. is for c. or yes of course for independence when we gauge reaction on the streets of barcelona about whether children should be taught with this book. i think they don't have to learn about politico's now they are definitely too small they will have time to learn about it but maybe in ten years not now you will never use that and you know the thing if you know it was going on well why not i can give it to my

daughter i think it is a bit simple and doesn't properly explain things but still why not it can be interesting for her i want. me to be. you should be screened of things to be it's i think it's something they have to learn by events in a style that looks nino's not at this age children don't have the ability to form their opinion properly they believe in what we told them i don't support the idea of independence and therefore i won't show this to my children i want them to have the right to decide for themselves. a new round of prayer unity rally is expected throughout the day in barcelona we'll bring you more as the story develops. twitter has blocks this channel from advertising on its platform in

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curiosity dissension perhaps that was the collusion so that's a great move for freedom of speech way to go twitter it's disgusting. we'll have more of this week's headlines in just a few minutes including declassified documents are finally released on the assassination of j.f.k. . that's. what holds its institutions meeting. he put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or interim. or somehow want to be rich. but you'd like to be press this is what before three of the more people get. interested always in the waters about how. there should. be.

in case you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporations corporations from washington washington controls the media the media folks voters elected businessmen to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . welcome back the u.s. congress is trying to piece together what led to the deaths of four servicemen in michel this month however lawmakers are complaining they had no idea the troops were even in the african nation three weeks ago a group of american and local troops were ambushed by islamic state fighters for us

and ten thousand jiri and soldiers were killed when the pentagon admits full air support wasn't provided until two hours after the battle began when the shares thought to have the second largest u.s. military presence in africa eight hundred out of six thousand troops across the continent the tiny country of djibouti is first with four thousand servicemen somalia and cameroon has four hundred and three hundred soldiers respectively well so mary cohen has more on the worrying lack of awareness between u.s. lawmakers and troops on the ground. so it's official washington has intervened in so many different countries even u.s. senators seem to have lost track but i didn't know there was a thousand troops and this is an endless war without boundaries no limitation a geography and senator graham is not the only one senator graham there you didn't know we had a thousand troops and did you know i did not and there you have it two sitting senior senators one republican and the other a democrat had no idea the u.s.

currently has over one thousand troops in news year so how is this possible past administrations have used the authorization for use of military force against terrorists or the. to warrant military operations involving non-state actors or terror organizations passed by congress right after september eleventh that allows the president to use force against those who planned it committed or aided the nine eleven attacks and only one person voted against it congresswoman barbara lee let's step back for a moment let's just just for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of control according to a two thousand and sixteen congressional research office report the bush and obama administration's use the on thirty seven occasions to initiate military action in over a dozen countries and now with trump it appears there's even less oversight the pentagon

has just announced that they will no longer disclose troop numbers in iraq and syria but can this apply to other regions besides iraq and syria their ways and already. consistent considerable complete. lack of. transparency and accountability during ministration you know it's gotten significantly worse in the tribe has touted dishes reform. reform this policy on your mind one. you're going to have even less information. how many troops there are in various places and what they do when the former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta who was once asked about how many wars the u.s. was engaged in seemed rather lost it's a good question but you know it's you have to start. or i have to stop and think about this now with very little transparency on u.s.

operations overseas it may not exactly be quite the subject to laugh about samir khan our t. washington d.c. . classified documents relating to president kennedy's assassination were released by don't trump's administration this week it came after a decades long deadline to keep the information on finally expired wily harvey oswald was blamed for killing j.f.k. in dallas in november one thousand nine hundred sixty three the president had been traveling in an open top car with the first lady when shots rang out oswald was swiftly arrested but was himself shot and killed two days later while under police escort will the meat fall show the f.b.i. had alerted the police about oswald receiving death threats but did not saying here's more about what was revealed.

we received a call from a man saying he was a member of a committee told nice to kill we'd once notified the chief of police and he showed us all's well that would be given sufficient protection and whether this was not. the thing i'm concerned about is having something issued so we can convince the public is the real assassin to percy's revolt with the first shot being fired from the bridge across the pond. is there any information which in any way you choose to leave harvey oswald is as some weight a cia agent. lobby

about with the latest headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime for news as well as. when the lawmakers manufacture consent to stand to the public well. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. doing all middle of the room see. the real near. zero. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turns some countries into peg's these are the countries with. needed

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connacht welcome to worlds apart russians a big believer is that in having that own special way to deal with universal problems including eighty eight here is public health officials found skeptically on hunger induction programs instead of counting on traditional values to sound the growl of infections but with the number of cases reportedly costing one million last year has the time come to change tack well to discuss that i'm now joined by louis lawrence deputy executive director of u.n. aid dr laura's it's great to talk to you thank you very much for your time. now one of your colleagues and aids recently announced that if russia is interested here agency can help with negotiate better access to cheaper drugs potentially reducing the annual cost of therapy to last than seventy five dollars per person and i was really surprised by the if for position is there any doubt if russia is interested in something like that and clowns are off this from my own gauge misery is the

horse old guard it was always very high. price to be a way to fuss to get data access to drugs and to treatment and do you any age of course were you spout off your job your few hours sponsibility to make sure that the experience you are there bought software would they may be used up i do you know that but that's the case he had refused in europe as a whole but as far as i understand the securing cheaper prices is more challenging for richer countries that. for poorer countries. or middle income countries particularly here in eastern europe where some of the countries including russia are considered to be a relatively well off to be all for it assistance of harm reduction or cheaper prices what needs to be done to ensure universal access for this part of the world is a clear and is a troubling just. used to noodle up today speaking in the highest.