and see people you never heard of. down to the night president of the world bank very. seriously send us an e-mail. us draw for a solution of the un on extending a chemical weapons program syria offer accusing the panel of. also this hour french unions hold rallies across the country against president controversial labor reforms. media outlets funded by the us government may have to register the response agents in russia move near a similar requirements imposed on america. and we'll hear from an activist who was jailed for terrorism to releasing thousands of animals.

and i welcome so i think i'm asked a lot from moscow with me who can as well of you off thanks for joining us this. russia has vetoed a us trough resolution at the u.n. on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in syria earlier this year. looks at the story meeting began with the united states putting forward a resolution to extend the work of the joint investigative mechanism to continue its work looking into allegations in syria well the vote was taken and russia blocked it as a permanent member of the security council russia blocked this resolution put forward by the united states we then heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to united nations and she was not happy with russia this is what she said. russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it

strikes a deep glow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future attacks. now later in the meeting russia and bolivia were able to put forward a resolution that would have extended the work of the joint investigative mechanism but restricted it and urged it to operate in what they called a more reliant and scientific manner and this resolution put forward by russia and bolivia was also vetoed it was voted down at the council it was blocked by the united states so this is this is what was said by the russian ambassador to the united nations this was this was was his response to russia's proposed resolution to extend the investigation being blocked not you would you know could you proceed on the basis of an investigation which does not withstand scrutiny is derived from

evidence of unclear origin and it's like a house of cards the joint infests mechanism has imposed guilty sentences in the entire state of syria security council meeting concluded with the investigation of the joint investigative mechanism of the o.p.c. w the investigation into chemical weapons in syria going to expire no extension was agreed upon now this is in response to the chemical attack the alleged chemical attack in qana shaikh eighty people were killed back in april with sarin nerve gas that was used in concha koon now when that chemical attack took place the world had no evidence no information had been gathered but immediately we heard u.s. officials blame the syrian government the usa then unleashed fifty nine tomahawk cruise missiles against a syrian government air base this is what we heard from u.s. officials before any facts that even been gathered. but if it was the only country to join russia in voting against the u.s.

trough resolution of the security council so on and egypt abstained it would have been a bust up to the u.n. so lower into hope spoke exclusively to author you after the vote. we wanted to get a resolution because that resolution didn't represent the what we need for joining us to. mechanism to to to do there are many many members of the council that has to have a stress to their concerns regarding how the joint investigative mechanism has been . issuing nice last report we really believe that the investigation should be done in c. too so if we talk about the attack the l.h. talked in so the g.m. the joint investigation mechanism a should go to that place and to collect evidence in order to have a more transparent independent and complete investigation there are differences different approaches to that but i think there's

a common ground the common ground is that there should be investigations on the one that commit this kind of war crimes should be held accountable if the nations there are around the table the one of the security council are united it means that there should be compromise the should they should engage in negotiation they should try to accommodate the interests of. all of them. thousands of students and trade union members have been marching in cities across france crowds voiced their anger of a president like hans labor reforms. in paris with the latest news. well what we have a thousands of people who have decided to join this small watch which as you say was set up by the trade unions some of the three biggest trade unions in frogs call the no members for a day of national action and this is one of a number of protests taking place across france what we're finding from people is that they're incredibly angry about what they describe as being the liberal reforms

of mr merkel know mr merkel has made changes to the code or to find a job this is the working code in france and he signed those into power using simic stream her is just a few months back but just want to bring you up to date with some of the latest that we've seen a nice some of the damage to the shops that we're seeing along the street where this protest is going on this is a transfer western union shop and this is one of a number of shops that we've seen a small group of individuals taking part in this protest trying to break and smash what they're using around them is not just rocks on the street but it's when you take a look down here these are the great they're pulling up from around the trees and they've actually been trying to use those to ram into the shops to cool some of this damage this is a small select group of people but as you can see the great still in the shop door here where they attacked in fact that she went in and asked all the customers to leave before they attack the shop but this is what we're seeing along this street

now but this is a small group of people at the front and not the union members who are trying to hold a fairly peaceful rally what we saw was them smashing up buildings like banks building societies and places that rent apartments here in paris and it was seemed to be very targeted very angry stopping the crowds and in fact when they saw that we were trying to film that she blocked our camera and frightened us and said you know you not allowed to film us doing this because they concerned about the police being able to work out what their identity is well apart from that we've been speaking. some of the protest is about what this protest was really about why they're angry at what they think of president not phones ideas to reform the code to provide the working directive this is what they told us you can see they're all good at this all don't think that's the way mccomb passed a law by executive order is an attack a democracy. does not a democracy you know course you didn't ask the people whom this is always about

parsifal one that this is. where very angry because this law is not for employees they simply lose all of their rights. to liberalize the most and destroy all the security of workers he wants labor costs to be at a minimum and we are here to denounce this policy which is not in the interests of workers they also want to school measure the people here are hopeful that the fact that the code you provided and the fact that although my point has signed this and given his approval it still needs to be debated by the parliament here in france and they're hoping that by holding protests like this by showing how many people are unhappy and concerned about these changes that they might be able to get parliamentarians in france to change their mind and to not support this law as it's debated in the parliament at the end of november for the moment though they're holding their breath and hoping that they can continue protesting like this to make

sure that their voices are heard loud and clear. now the editor in chief or look book or magazine thinks that such executive orders are on democratic. occupies to the center of the political spectrum the full center and so the extreme left which is the only support that the unions have in parliament in the us. are seventeen seventeen members of parliament thirty democratic the these executive orders most politicians say repeatedly that they won't use it until they use it in this instance probably it was the only way to get it through because the french people are very reluctant to go to let it go through and this labor reform was really the first big stumbling block for. just to pass that through then you will have a period of of let's say. a long period to do what he

wants to do on all the points but this was key for him for his movement. now the russian justice ministry has sent letters the two major u.s. funded media outlets they've notified them that they may soon be labeled as foreign agents or this comes in response to being forced to register as a foreign agent in america samir khan takes up a story well the new legislation targets u.s. funded outlets including voice of america radio free europe and its other regional branches this comes only a few days after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence to substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act r t america will now have to disclose its finances provide regular

reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere risk. to washington's recent crackdown on r t and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclosing finances and providing evidence of editorial independence but this is the first time that russia has specified a list of companies that could possibly be designated as foreign agents but we're actually still waiting for the official announcement. so off to r.t. america registered as a foreign agent we sent requests for comments the dozens of press freedom watchdogs on rights groups those who didn't reply to a list are not in a position to comment on this international's office in london didn't respond to us directly but condemned the move by the russian parliament the following day they call it a blow to press freedom the organization for security and cooperation in europe initially said it was not ready to make any judgments over america's status and

once the russian justice ministry issued its own warning to american outlets the organization did issue a statement condemning both sides and british journalist neil clark told us the reaction from rights groups is inconsistent. when we heard last week that r.t. had until the following monday to register as a foreign agent in america there was silence from groups like amnesty and other groups that are supposed to be defending free speech and free media and yet when russia very reasonably announces reciprocal measures in response to these measures from the us then all of a sudden these so-called impartial western pro human rights organizations come out and say this is outrageous this is terrible russia is clamping down on free speech so i think everybody can see now very clearly the hypocrisy that underpins so much of this western the western organizations who claim to be in favor of free media

free speech but they only really start shouting and start protesting when it's countries like russia who are taking action in response to action taken by western governments. and israel's top military official has said his country is willing to share intelligence on iran with saudi arabia his remarks could further complicate ongoing standoff between tehran and riyadh use takes up the story this chief of staff now his his comments are quite interesting is a misguided aizen caught and he says that where possible israel and saudi arabia will share intelligence he also says that iran must pull back what he calls their militias from places like syria iraq and of course in lebanon but here in lebanon the situation is far more complicated you know you have hezbollah who are the perhaps the more militarily powerful group in lebanon but they're also

a political party they have m.p.'s and they have ministers within the government as well and of course we've seen in the last twelve days or so the prime minister saad hariri rather bizarrely announcing resignation his. gratian from saudi arabia and it's his party which is traditionally been supported by saudi arabia but in the last few days even those members of the lebanese parliament and the political landscape have been calling for him to return to the country because there have been suspicions he's been held against his will in the last day or so there's a taishan has been extended by the french government and emanuel marquand to sad hariri to visit paris and it's thought that that's perhaps the first stage of this whole crisis being resolved and it's actually been welcomed by the lebanese president michel aoun who is a christian but he's in an alliance with the hezbollah party and so it seems like

that attempt by saudi arabia to try to force the lebanese people into putting pressure on hezbollah seems have backfired and the people here in lebanon are expecting mr hariri to return to the country they say hopefully within the next few weeks do stay tuned here with us animal rights activist in the u.s. is pushing for legal reform after he was jailed on charges of terrorism story and more still to come after the break. every single minute there's a new drug for some phantom disease like shaky lakes and you know they make up then they get a grant from some corrupt congressmen in america billions of dollars and the side effect is always make. me me and do what you know that the american flag is inducing suicide because you look at that you say oh it's a farmer to conquer say. going home going to eyes of xix

security off your side all the security to your own someone when. they don't want to be killed you know when there's a guy with a woman who decided to. die. is much more difficult to do it was to do bribes you know. welcome back to all the international. school for the spanish prime minister to be arrested he spoke out during a parliamentary session in madrid denouncing the government's crackdown on

independence movement. senior minister will let you have made your prisons are not met by assure you there we will make our ballot boxes your nightmare minister you have beaten us with sticks who will be you with our boats and i hope that one day with the mr wrong horry in a pair of the mean look at me now in his new show here on r.t. former scottish first minister alex salmond spoke exclusively with ours that castle and president calls pushing on for a rare insight into the independence referendum want was of course sacked as the cattle president he's now facing charges of sedition and rebellion spain issued an international arrest warrant after you fled to belgium where he's currently on bail speaking to r.t. puts you want recall the region's referendum day and told alex salmond how he views the future of catalonia let me take you to that the extraordinary day in the first of october. tell me what your emotions were that the in the one hand there was the

celebration of. millions of your fellow country people coming out to exercise or vote for self-determination on the other hand or was the the violence that we all saw on television screens from the state police or what will the conflicting emotions that you felt as president of catalonia when that famous day there was a day of the big story of catalonia and the other hand of course there was a day of the extremely violent. i couldn't imagine the the direction like that from the democratic state european union it was a tragic day today because i see directly the violent face school in my hometown there a lot of injuries oh of injuries by the start of the next week the spanish judicial system all rolled into actual and took away the constitutional prize that

catalonia had gained well this mistake in fact start a new era in the end of his era that will start a time rapidly because in these conditions is not possible is not possible there is no future at all and to remain a spain in these conditions what is your message to the people of catalonia we must to be confident resilient because we will win. we will succeed finally democracy will prevail. now in animal rights activist in the united states is pushing for legal reform after he was jailed for releasing thousands of animals from a far farm kevin johnson spent three years behind bars on charges which included terrorism he spoke to r.t. two thousand and thirteen a close friend of mine tyler lang and i and thirty east for ranch in northern

illinois for thirty six years of the facility that was imprisoning and killing manc killing children within the sight and smell of their mothers after a fashion and so we entered the facility we opened all the cages in the facility to free two thousand mink and saved their lives and we painted the words liberation is love on a barn to demonstrate that we weren't trying to threaten anybody we were trying to have a message of compassion. when we were arrested we were sensed under state law for possession of burglary tools we were already doing time for the crime in illinois state and the federal government intervened to indict us under this terrorism legislation you know which ended up being a nightmare and i was in prison for three years. on the which kevin was jailed was possed back in two thousand and six that actions that close losses to companies dealing with animals if an individual causes damage was of more than one hundred thousand dollars that kind of face up to ten years in prison tim johnson gave us

his view on being treated as a terrorist court essentially found was that the government is permitted to apply the label terrorism to virtually any activity that it doesn't like in this instance the court said it was not quote utterly unreasonable so that's their standard for determining whether the government can call something terrorism and is always when you worry about with employers landlords it's a serious thing even if people look at it and they say that's kind of silly whatever at the same time they take pause which was the entire purpose of the federal government when they passed the law even if people look at it and say well that's silly they still take pause people are nervous i think that it's incredibly cynical for legislators to try to use the rhetoric of terrorism you know in order to essentially repress activists on behalf of industry and finance you know terrorism we all know we've all experienced in this country sadly terrorism is the killing of civilians in order to intimidate their populations. you know it's it's

a desecration of the of the victims of terrorist attacks and you know an affront to the concept of what terrorism is. sweden's justice minister has rejected a proposal by the country's conservative party to mention the ethnicity of people accused in sex crimes in official reports morgan johansen pointed out that the main commonality among the perpetrators is that they are male he accused the party of targeting immigrants. meanwhile a controversial report by a forty year old former truck driver has been published on the internet patrick your own sense of aid more than four thousand rulings on sex related crimes passed by swedish courts between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen from that he concluded ninety percent of sex crimes in the country were committed by people of foreign descent rosa gray a former senior much follett and police officer thinks that marking the ethnicity of a suspect could be crucial to any investigation. to investigate

a crime you must to gather intelligence to the best effect that you can't and the demography of what's going on the geography of what's going on the origins of what goes on all form part of the investigation so we must put this real racial issue ethnic issue all on one side you know if you do following. the main force of a particular crime originates in one quarter of any particular society then that's where you must go look if they are going to. trace individuals on the on the basis of their ethnic origin you know that does not have to be a my for a broadcast but i think it is an important matter as far as the investigation itself is concerned and they need to separate polluted system from investigation of crime otherwise the investigations will be forty eight well that's all from us for this hour you can check out any of our stories online or of course on our social media on our mobile app as well we're back with more headlines from around the

world in just under half an hour so if you are not international. you. it is. what politicians do something that. they put themselves on the line they did accept or reject. so when you want to be president or injury. or something want to listen

. to the right to be close this is what the before three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters in the. city. and. i would see him you don't have any protection for whistleblowers at all if you do have but i. think the public sector as well as in the private sector that information would have to be can be made public and that actually puts pressure on the parliament to become more on this. and. that business in favor of all of the public.

they call me a useful idiot i mean you called me a useful idiot a useful idiot useful idiots go expressing my opinions on the first two thirds of us doing it is really hard is a simple strategy we attack person instead of talking about what's next why stop me from getting this close to the white house i'm with a group code pink why not ban the color pink one ostrich i should be sent to the town of london because i want to try to break me on the wheel without what i lifetimes of this sort of nonsense you don't scare me and i'll continue to voice my opinion i'll continue to speak out good company i'm in good company you going with me you want to do this because we think the. crown prince mohammed bin solomon is said to be a reformer and on an anti-corruption drive others say differently saudi arabia is

experiencing a life threatening crisis that could ignite a region wide conflict and the trumpeting ministration appears to be on board. so let's begin today with the senator al franken out of the great state of minnesota but not for what you think. alice been acting a little paranoid lately ever since the late october mccarthy hearings sorry senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on russia's alleged influence over the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections via social media you see this hearing has led the senator to spend the last few days preaching at the altar of censorship over the failures of social media giants like google facebook and twitter to rein in the

spread of propaganda hate speech blah blah blah in an op ed for the guardian senator franken essentially threatens that there is only one knowing all powerful entity that can stop and reign in their failures franken writes that yes the government has a responsibility to ensure that these corporations do not endanger our national security our democracy or our fundamental freedoms meanwhile on the other side of the swamp one group that knows a thing or two about censorship as well as as well as rolling out the red carpet the corporate power of the federal communications commission has all but opened the door for a corporate media monopoly in control of our local t.v. news and newspapers this week thanks to a form of rising lawyer f.c.c. chairman and his fellow republican commission members who basically passing right regulations barring the common ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market as well as prohibitions on television stations were merging

together of the deal leaves less than eight different stations and their market were overturned thursday paving the way for the upcoming three point nine billion dollars sinclair tribune media merger so while al franken decides what we can and cannot read online and hands over our airwaves to corporate monopolies i think it's time to start watching those hallmarks. of. but it looks like you like i got. the. world a little larger lark's i am tired of the torah and on top of the wallace. oh oh oh

oh bit of trouble this week yeah i'm numerous fronts media response oh yeah i do find this kind of disturbing from someone like al franken who is supposed to be this great you know proponent of the first amendment free speech and as a comedian who told a lot of off color jokes about sexual assault. it seems weird for him to be saying that oh we should the government now that i'm in the government i want to tell other people what they can and cannot say online that's where the russia here regarding the concur russia hearings and the social media giants testimony franken had said this last week quote last week's our hearings demonstrated that these companies may not be up to the challenge they've created for themselves in some instances it seems that they fail to take common sense precautions to prevent the spread of propaganda misinformation and hate speech no. do i have to sit there.