if you pick up. the week's top stories from r.t. anger rage is on for a second week following donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital clashes between palestinians and israeli police and called deaths and injuries. president putin kickstarted the withdrawal of russian troops from syria during a surprise visit in the wake of the military chiefs declare ice is defeated the country.

up they go spending the holidays in the heavens a russian spacecraft launches early today from the baikonur cosmodrome is taking three new crew to the space station on the final manned mission of the year. hi there welcome to the program i'm kevin zero in with the weekly the big stories of the past seven days from acidity international and first deadly violence between palestinians and israeli security forces still shows no sign of abating this weekend it follows donald trump's explosive decision earlier this month to recognize the disputed city of jerusalem as israel's capital. the tensions easing sees the israelis are throwing tear gas bombs that

are filling the place. was. i was. such. luck. we are so not the freezone and tensions are but this is taking that. was i. thought throughout the wake up he's been hearing impassioned reaction to the resurgence of violence in that region. people can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is invention there they will find out also that jerusalem is

not mentioned even one time in the koran not even one time people will find out that jerusalem is the capital of israel since nine hundred forty eight the whole world is condemning this action because simply it's against the international law it's and against the framework for the peace process is has forfeited the united states who fitted its position as a broker to the peace process and i tell you something the israelis have killed who are palestinians in the past two days in peaceful protests while no israeli was killed there was an injury in an attack and was jerusalem everything is a lie first everything my opponent says is a lie there were three terrorists killed in gaza strip which has nothing to do with the protests here because gaza strip they fired rockets and they forget about it they just forget that they fire rockets at israeli kindergarten when people who are

followers of hijab in that whole say name hitler skull operator of the ring cycle of world war those who created five before nine hundred sixty seven to destroy israel when this resists the same personality is common to teach us morality listen come on it cannot be defended themselves why they are illegally on somebody else's land that is unacceptable what they done what they do and what i have been doing since one thousand nine hundred seven is an aggression and with your other guests this radical has never been to your land never been the old man in the history of those land they were born in russia donald trump. kept his promises and his trying to do in his best way are grateful but the issues not dumb of problem they issue as these people go wrong no they're in a says europeans russians americans and we are here in the middle east the

only democracy of the only all new really a light in this very dark environment reaction to president trump's move has reverberated throughout the muslim world where leaders have lambasted this quote noland void decision the turkish president declared he wants his country to open an embassy to palestine. furthermore the organization of islamic cooperation conveyed it emergency session in turkey on wednesday it called for the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the palestinian capital. it was the us decision on your rousseau them because of its great bias against the historical and permanent rights to palestine is important i want to point out to ignore some of the distortions and see the united states the solution to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is

a dangerous one it will threaten security and stability and frustrates efforts to resume the peace process the president is committed to this peace process as committed as he has ever been born yet as a mediator all every possible step must be taken to prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the u.s. administration however there is one question that sticks out here what factors and no limits made it possible for the u.s. president's trip there to take such an outrageous acts and that type of rhetoric that we heard has prevented peace in the past and it's not necessarily surprising to us despite the heavy criticism from arab leaders and european allies president trump it seems is not that concerned over it as kalam open explained. well it's now the time of year in which israel celebrates hanukkah and this comes after donald trump's dramatic decision on jerusalem which may seem like a huge gift we wish you a very happy hanukkah. and i think this one will go down as

especially special. right now i'm thinking about what's going on and the love that's all over his you know. all about jerusalem a love that's all over israel trump one is far is actually praising himself for the all but controversial move his point his predecessors only made promises where he actually delivered. jerusalem is still the capital of israel and most remain unknown divided city accessible questions that take us as i would begin the process of moving the united states ambassador to the city in israel and shows. i continued to say that. jerusalem will be the capital of israel so why is tom so gleeful about his decision as the international community praised him for it nope they dangerous decision we do know and agree clearly disagree these decisions are helpful from the

european union member states sites this move will not come so is it what the american people want well not according to this poll taken ahead of trump's decision sixty three percent of americans say that they oppose the move but it's popular in israel right well not with all israelis they think of only friends leave in years and they. are in much greater risk than they were with i think it will because of. people dead and. violence i think it was a reckless this season and it takes less time to announce it is like a man who was playing in a coma defeated or in the. in gangsta. so it's taking us three still suddenly and is shooting over friends tell me it's a day he knows that they're pretty much scared to go but the drizzling because they don't know how it's going to be and they're scared to leave the house says but

trump did win over some of his harsh critics in the democratic camp. jerusalem is the capital of the state of israel something the united states congress has reaffirmed and a fact of history that cannot be tonight. i support the decision to recognize jerusalem as the eternal capital of israel and to move the u.s. embassy to this decision is long overdue and helps correct a decades long indignity there may be benefits for him personally he may be a tipping his hat to his base and say you know this is a campaign promise that i made he sees it more important for his personal legacy for his supporters to do this regardless of its effect on world opinion regardless of its effect on the united states and world opinion and regarding the suffixes on the palestinian. people the world is not happy with the move america is not happy with the move but donald trump thinks it's terrific

a year ago at his inauguration donald trump said that from here forward it would be america first well it's starting to look like maybe it's trump first. r.t. new york. also this last week russian troops are returning home from syria after president putin announced it was mission accomplished during a surprise visit to a base there on monday it was the russian leaders first trip to the country putin told personnel at the latakia air base their work was complete after the russian defense ministry had earlier declared islamic state was no defeated in syria. i mean you are on there to the defense minister and the head of the general stuff i ordered the start of the withdrawal of the russian forces to their permanent base and if the terrorists dare to raise their heads again we will strike back with the strength they've never seen before a quick timeline of events has a recap in twenty fifteen when islamic state was on the rise and controlled half at one point a syria a request was sent to moscow for help in the fight against the extremists using

syrian intelligence the russian air force launched surgical strikes on terrorist positions dealing a significant blow to weisel infrastructure that aerial support has considered to be one of the main reasons for the campaign success many other forces also joined the effort to liberate cities and the surrounding regions to of course. i. believe. that.

although islamic states defeat is a common victory in this and now it looks at one side this trying to steal the show maybe. everyone's taking credit for ridding syria of isis he's going to go to the locals to get out soon you know it's a. great job russia but not everyone is giving your props i want to thank general manners for doing such a great job with respect to this he's not the hell out of. myself made it possible with what i'd let you do i think check your sources russia the bushes are twelve but far north. today. paul. but you do you like it if you know what it. all he's more. the deal.

you only join the war two years ago by invitation from the president and are already claiming victory us and stayed in power that's a total loss as far as we see it true wins mean the fall of ruthless dictators triumphant victories over evil and a long stay after the battle is over russia is already pulling out troops fell now we should keep in mind that the us played in porton role in combat in the terrorist sometimes by simply giving moderate rebels arms and training or for example when they let thousands of isis terrorists flee iraq or to battle assad in syria under a secret u.s. approved deal america has nothing to celebrate in syria the plan didn't work keep bragging about your accomplishments in afghanistan iraq and libya and if you can stay in syria another ten years it might just be a real when. these events today

a three man crew are on their way currently to the international space station other blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome to go it's the final manned mission of the year it'll take them two days travelling before they finally dock with it all but they're up there you go down off porch of the launch site. once it was yuri gagarin who blasted off from this a very launch pad to become the first man in space now we can already hear the engines of this soyuz rocket roaring and the ground underneath me starts to crumble so let's take a quick break and enjoy this launch on this beautiful sunday morning together.

now having to leave a loving home especially on the holidays especially for holiday season and especially to space does leave an aching feeling inside one's chest and so we've been ready to spend some time with the crew and find out how they are going to be dealing with this perhaps the best crewman to help with any homesickness his colleagues may suffer he's fair and russian cosmonaut copier off he spent a year on the ice says before you know. it is my third flight and third time celebrating new year in space so i have a bit of experience on the space ship there are presents from family and from ross cosmos but there is a bank for every crew member and we also bring one for those already on board with the date when to open them either on christmas for western colleagues or new year for russians. these stores have packed one of her toys for him as a reminder of his family back home at the mining i gave my father

a green little poodle toy because we have one at home. not only is this chapter of the thirty expedition he'll also be celebrating his birthday in space for the third time. i'm fortunate i was celebrate my birthday without my family close relatives and friends but it is my third. time so i'm no stranger to that i will receive presents and sweets from my family on the space station we will lay the table and drink tea and i can't tell you what we're going to do there isn't a surprise but this is so use is not the only spacecraft headed for a run with the eye assess all the way from cape canaveral a space x. rocket is carrying something very special in its cargo hold firstly we're being told it's a new christmas tree for the holidays and also a copy of the new star wars movie yes to be screened in space so the force is strong with this mission john of reporting from the baikonur cosmodrome ferrazzi good luck up there guys there are plenty to come on the way clear because stay with

me kevin though in for at least the next fifty minutes we'll be covering a lot of stories including british employees now having the power the veto any breaks agreements with the e.u. to head. because vessel only forty year they play a short tournament. i mean it's as you have your life by your bottle it's everyone saw me you wife whatever somehow six times well it was different story. when lawmakers manufactured consensus instant of public wealth. when the

ruling classes project themselves. with the famous merry go round be the one percent. nor middle of the room six. million real news. in the week just gone british lawmakers gave prime minister trees of may a brecht see bruising was on wednesday this happened after they voted to give parliament the final say on any deal struck on leaving the e.u. eleven rebels from within our own conservative party broke ranks to give m.p.'s the power to veto any exit agreement. a meaningful vote a meaningful vote a meaningful vote article fifty has a deadline the date has been served we are leaving at the end of march and when the

deadline runs out we leave leaving the european union and we should say no parliament taking back control extends the article fifty don't like before we leave the european union amendment seven is floor is just my view the worse it will be unproductive negotiations to drag things out drag out the negotiations to delay project for months and months and months scrutinize what's of the government is doing proper scrutiny this is not the moment to try and defeat the growth i. just. came of age it's been eighteen months since the referendum saw fifty two percent of voters choose to leave the european union or though of course the poll showed a sharp divide in someplace britain's regions that wanted to remain there in march this year that the government finally kicked off the whole exit process as

complicated as it is and the often strained negotiations with brussels that are set to follow well in the wake of an opposition leader jeremy corbyn said m.p.'s delivered a humiliating loss of authority for the government and that power he said is now back in the hands of parliament that's despite though the prime minister earlier claiming that the government's strategy is in fact back on track. but there is there is i believe a new sense of optimism now and that's what i expect that we will. set out today in the european council later this week to some a might have secured a better result in the house of commons had she not lost her party's majority in the snap election this year she managed to stay in power with a one billion pound deal to secure parliamentary support from m.p.'s from the northern irish democratic unionist party in the week political writer dan glazebrook told us treatable you can no longer overlook the deep divisions within your own party that is

a humiliation and historically governments don't tend to last very long after after they get defeated at the hands of their own backbenchers to i think it shows that the government government is really up for grabs really demonstrates how insincere the conservatives were in their promise that they would. follow on on the final deal to parliament because if they were sincere why would they be so determined even at the risk of a parliamentary just defeat to resist making this into a legally binding commitment. another story we brought you the valley a bit coin hit an all time high of twenty thousand dollars in fact it's become so popular with millennial the theory is by the end of twenty eighteen it's thought one in three will have invested in that cryptocurrency that prediction was made by the london block exchange britain's first digital currency institution so in light of this meteoric rise here's what you need to know a boat because. bitcoin he said financial models are not reached enormous

for centuries has taken over the title of biggest bubble in history from what was known as to that mania in the netherlands bitcoins valley has surged by and sixty times in the last three years that's faster than tulip bulbs in the seventeenth century which are one point worth ten years of a skilled craftsman surnames back then prices were driven by greed or fear of missing out but as more people bought into the bowels of quick profits a flurry of cells collapsed the price and left many with crippling debts bitcoin is being called the digital tulip of the twenty first century is the same pattern emerges a fear of missing out in new investors piling in critics say the perceived value of the currency like the tulip is being conjured out to finance but the ever growing army of bitcoin believers say it's here to stay with an operational market in full flow around the clock and new places all of the world ready to accept the cryptocurrency as payment even a church in london is happy to accept donations of the virtual kind with the size

of the market already surpassed in some countries economies including new zealand influential banks are being left behind but as history shows us boom is usually followed by bust and soon it could be constant to wilt or blossom of course that's the worry that's the risk of many experts advice to err on the side of caution as fascination builds around virtual currency is one with a big advocate. i'm no expert i'm just an enthusiastic but i do not believe this is a bubble it's just the beginning of an adoption rate of technology how damaging could the losses be though if prices suddenly drop we have heard people putting savings into it effects it's so large now it affects so many different things if the prices did suddenly drop would it be a catastrophe of course that it could be said for anything really if people are storing value in it that they can't live without

a lot of the. do say only invest money you can live without and don't use any money that you're emotionally attached to so that way if it is in a volatile market and that's what crypto currency is right now it's extremely risky it's highly volatile and if you're emotionally attached to any value put into it you might be up late at night biting your nails in the overall scale of things if the cryptocurrency bubble does person i understand there's a lot of different things we have to go wrong for that to happen of course what the repercussions on the rest of the financial world and markets is it is it that big i would actually be more worried about if the public doesn't burst what kind of effect that could have on the world economy in general if it doesn't burst it may actually have more repercussions than if it were a birthday even if you wanted to sell a million dollars early you said billionaires somebody wanted to sell a billion dollars worth of big point today it's not easy so it would take a long time for that to happen and if you're an investor in crypto currencies if

you do sell your crypto there are ideal ideologies behind it where you want to sell your crypto to somebody who's looking to invest in it who's going to hold it long term that way the cryptocurrency you're holding and waiting to sell because you have to do it little by little it doesn't lose value drastically over time because you just dump it on the market. in the ukrainian capital found. singh against excessive privileges held by government ministers the demonstrations been organized by the former georgian president turned ukraine opposition leader mikhail saakashvili people rallying have been chanting anti-government slogans they've been waving nationalist flags and praising seconds fairly predictable this was the latest release series of anti-government protests held by and earlier this month he was arrested not for the first time for an alleged mutiny attempts and was later released we'll keep tracking that throughout the rest of the evening but for now that's how the week looked i'm kevin owen thanks for watching news review with

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